Diffuse Atrophy

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Identifier IIA1_04
Title Diffuse Atrophy
Creator William F. Hoyt, MD
Contributors Miles Behrens, MD (1931-2011)
Affiliation (WFH) Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, California; (MB) Neuro-Ophthalmologist, Co-Chief, Harkness Eye Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Subject Optic Disc Atrophy from Retrobulbar Causes; Retrograde Optic Nerve Degeneration; Severe Atrophy; Diffuse Atrophy
Description Nerve fiber appearance about 6 weeks after indirect injury to optic nerve. Note near total absence of nerve fiber reflexes. Photo shows remaining streaks of inferior arcuate nerve fiber membranes dissolving into nothing. 1972. Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: Optic nerve injury. Disease/Diagnosis: Optic nerve injury. Clinical: Blindness.
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation Scanned at 2700 ppi on Nikon LS2000 and Nikon 8000 film scanners
Type Image
Source 35mm Kodachrome slide; 8a-b
Relation is Part of group IIA1
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/s6cp01f2
Setname ehsl_novel_wfh
ID 189692
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cp01f2
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