D201 Disc Edema with Systemic Hypertension

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Identifier D2_01
Title D201 Disc Edema with Systemic Hypertension
Creator William F. Hoyt, MD
Affiliation (WFH) Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, California
Subject Disc Swelling; Inflammatory Papillopathies; Disc Edema; Systemic Hypertension
Description Left eye. Note generalized arterial narrowing. Low grade disc edema and multiple splinter hemorrhages. The patient had severe hypertension from kidney failure. Additional yellow intraretinal exudate at the macula. 20 year old male patient. Right eye. Pair with D2_02. Anatomy: Optic disc; Retina; Retinal arterioles. Pathology: Axoplasmic stasis due to ischemia. Disease/ Diagnosis: Hypertensive papillopathy. Clinical: Severe hypertension, renal failure, visual blurring.
Date 1985
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation Scanned at 2700 ppi on Nikon LS2000 and Nikon 8000 film scanners
Type Image
Source 35mm Kodachrome slide; D2_01
Relation is Part of is part of: group D2
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: William F. Hoyt Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Hoyt/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 1960. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s60k5633
Setname ehsl_novel_wfh
ID 189455
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60k5633
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