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- Title
Optic nerve and chiasmal disease.
- Authors
Acheson, James
- Abstract
This review of optic nerve and chiasmal disease briefly outlines the clinical assessment and the use of diagnostic testing in the topical diagnosis of lesions of the anterior visual pathways. The commoner pathological entities including inflammatory, vascular, heredofamilial and compressive lesions are then summarised with specific reference to important points in the diagnosis and management. Specific disorders described include optic neuritis, papilloedema, ischaemic optic neuropathy, giant cell arteritis, Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy and pituitary tumours.
- Subjects
OPTIC neuritis; OPTIC nerve diseases; TUMORS; ARTERIAL diseases; NEUROLOGY; NEUROLOGICAL disorders
- Publication
Journal of Neurology, 2000, Vol 247, Issue 8, p587
- ISSN
0340-5354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s004150070127