Segmental Atrophy - Hemianopic (Band) Atrophy

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Identifier IIA2c_13
Title Segmental Atrophy - Hemianopic (Band) Atrophy
Creator William F. Hoyt, MD
Contributors Tom Shultz, MD
Affiliation (WFH) Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, California
Subject Optic Disc Atrophy from Retrobulbar Causes; Retrograde Optic Nerve Degeneration; Severe Atrophy
Description Segmental Atrophy - Band atrophy with ""Twin Peaks"" papilledema. Central band of the optic disc is completely atrophic and does not swell. ""Axons that are not there can not swell."" Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: Optic tract injury. Disease/Diagnosis: Twin peaks papilledema. Clinical: Left homonymous hemianopia.
References WFH 1988.
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 IIA2c
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/s6sr1wzx
Setname ehsl_novel_wfh
ID 189712
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sr1wzx
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