Best known for his world-renowned neuro-ophthalmology unit based at the University of California, San Francisco, William Hoyt, MD collected here more than 850 of his best images covering a wide range of disorders.
William F. Hoyt, MD, Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco
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Pigment epithelial hamartoma of optic disc | Optic disc tumor discovered incidentally in a 32 year old Asian woman who had no complaints about visual function in her involved left eye. Fundus slide shows granular elevation of left disc obscurring major disc vessels. Some of the granules has a shiny crystalline appearance. Near the vessel entra... | Image |
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F401 Pigment Epithelial Hamartoma of Optic Disc | Optic disc tumor discovered incidentally in a 32 year old Asian woman who had no complaints about visual function in her involved left eye. Fundus slide shows granular elevation of left disc obscurring major disc vessels. Some of the granules has a shiny crystalline appearance. Near the vessel entra... | Image |
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F403 Pigment Epithelial Hamartoma of Optic Disc | Optic disc tumor discovered incidentally in a 32 year old Asian woman who had no complaints about visual function in her involved left eye. Fundus slide shows granular elevation of left disc obscuring major disc vessels. Some of the granules has a shiny crystalline appearance. Near the vessel entran... | Image |
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C30 Empty Disc | Right eye. Papillorenal Syndrome (PRS). Pair with C_29. Anatomy: Optic disc. | Image |
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C29 Empty Disc | Left eye. Papilorenal Syndrome (PRS). Pair with C_30. Anatomy: Optic disc. | Image |
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P43a Asymmetrical Papilledema Due to Brain Tumor | Right eye. Early papilledema. Incipient papilledema barely recognizable. Early papilledema due to posterior fossa meningioma in a boy. Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: Papilledema. Disease/ Diagnosis: Asymmetrical papilledema due to posterior fossa meningioma. | Image |
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Bilateral Severe Hemorrhagic Papilledema | Right eye. Bilateral hyperacute papilledema with rapid blindness associated with dural sinus occlusion. Both eyes were nearly blind. Young man. | Image |
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Papilledema with choroidal folds | Chronic papilledema with choroidal folds. Frontal astrocytoma. Man. | Image |
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Post papilledema disc blurring | Left eye. 8 year old boy. Post papilledema due to brain tumor. Note the entire peripapillary nerve fiber is blurred but the optic discs are barely elevated. | Image |
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Progression of papilledema due to metastatic melanoma | Right eye at presentation. Early stage bilateral papilledema in a man. Note increased papilledema. Rapid progression of papilledema due to occipital metastatic melanoma. | Image |
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Progression of papilledema due to metastatic melanoma | Left eye at presentation. Early stage. Rapid progression of papilledema due to metastatic occipital melanoma. | Image |
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Progression of papilledema due to metastatic melanoma | Right eye. Rapid progression of papilledema due to metastatic occipital melanoma. Papilladema has increased so that it has almost filled in the optic cup. | Image |
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Post Papilledema | Right eye. Post Papilledema with minimal optic disc changes after treatment for temporal lobe glioma. Minimal optic disc haze. | Image |
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Post papilledema disc blurring | Right eye. 8 year old boy. Post papilledema due to brain tumor. Note the entire peripapillary nerve fiber is blurred but the optic discs are barely elevated. | Image |
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Progression of papilledema due to metastatic melanoma | Right eye at presentation. Early stage bilateral papilledema in a man. Rapid progression of bilateral papilledema due to metastatic occipital melanoma. | Image |
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Bilateral Papilledema | Right eye. Bilateral Papilledema in a patient with hyperthyroidism. Woman. Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: Papilledema. Disease/Diagnosis: Bilateral papilledema with hyperthyroidism. | Image |
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Bilateral Papilledema | Left eye. Bilateral Papilledema in a patient with hyperthyroidism. Woman. Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: Papilledema. Disease/Diagnosis: Bilateral papilledema. | Image |
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Chronic Papilledema Due to Drain Tumor - Resolved | Right eye - same as P_40a - follow up after 4 months. Chronic papilledema resolved after treatment showing residual atrophy. Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: Papilledema. Disease/Diagnosis: Chronic papilledema. | Image |
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Chronic papilledema due to brain tumor | Right eye. Chronic papilledema wth white centrally located exudates in a man with hemispheric glioma. Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: Papilledema. Disease/Diagnosis: Chronic papilledema. | Image |
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Chronic papilledema due to brain tumor | Left eye. Chronic papilledema with white centrally located exudates in a man with hemispheric glioma. Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: Papilledema. Disease/Diagnosis: Chronic papilledema. | Image |
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C202 Papillitis with Macular Star Cat Scratch Disease. | Proven Bartonella neuroretinitis. 23 year old man. Ocular disc edema with macular star (ODEMS). Anatomy: Optic disc; Retina. Pathology: Axoplasmic stasis due to inflammation; Exudate in Henle's layer. Neuroretinitis due to Bartonella Henslae (or cat scratch). Clinical: Visual blurring; Optic disc sw... | Image |
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H83 Chiasmal Hemioptic Hypoplasia | De Morsier synrome with congenital bitemporal hemianopia. Note nasal hypoplasia of both optic discs. Left eye above, right eye below. Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: Chiasmal hemioptic hypoplasia. Disease/ Diagnosis: Congenital anomaly involving chiasm. | Image |
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H19 Panhypoplasia | Mild hypoplasia with dysplasia in right eye. Right eye. Normal left eye. Same patient as H_20. Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: Hypoplasia of the optic nerve. Disease/ Diagnosis: Hypoplasia. | Image |
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H20 Panhypoplasia | Mild hypoplasia with dysplasia in right eye. Left eye. Same patient as H_19. Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: Hypoplasia of the optic nerve. Disease/ Diagnosis: Hypoplasia. | Image |
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H32 Dysplasia with Hypoplasia (Elevated Dysplasia with Anomalous Vessels) | Left eye. 6 year old boy. Severe dysplasia. Elevated dysplasia with medullated (myelinated) nerve fibers and anomalous vessels. Son of patient in H_31 and H_10. Grandson of patient in H_11 an H_12. Anatomy: Optic disc. Pathology: Dysplasia of the optic disc. Disease/ Diagnosis: Elevated dysplasia wi... | Image |