Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Band optic atrophy is described as a horizontal band of optic disc pallor, often associated with a contralateral ...

The patient's initial symptoms of blurred vision and an enlarged blind spot in his left eye are not typical of a chiasm-compressing pituitary mass. Classically, patients with lesions of the chiasm ...

A 7-year-old boy presented to a satellite office of the New England Eye Center after referral from a local optometrist for persistently decreased vision despite appropriate spectacle correction for ...

A 34 year-old woman developed amenorrhea and headaches. Neurological examination revealed bitemporal hemianopsia. Pituitary Macroadenoma. (Left) T1-weighted with gadolinium sagittal MRI; (Right) ...

A 47 year-old woman developed progressive headaches and difficulty with her vision. Neurological examination revealed a bitemporal hemianopsia. Pituitary Macroadenoma. (Left) T1-weighted sagittal MRI; ...

On the basis of the patient's findings, the likely diagnosis is a midline intracranial tumor. The diagnosis of glaucoma is unlikely. Although the patient has optic nerve head asymmetry, intraocular ...

The optic nerve is the nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain. The optic nerve is composed of retinal ganglion cell axons and support cells. It leaves the orbit (eye) via ...