Unsuccessful surgical excision of optic nerve drusen

BACKGROUND: To report the case of failed surgical excision of optic nerve drusen (OND). METHODS: Case report. A 53-year-old woman presented with bilateral OND leading to progressive field defects and LE light perception and RE 20/25 vision. A vitrectomy was performed on the legally-blind left eye to...

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Autores principales: Pfriem, Magdalena, Hoerauf, Hans
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3178019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21638031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00417-011-1693-x
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description BACKGROUND: To report the case of failed surgical excision of optic nerve drusen (OND). METHODS: Case report. A 53-year-old woman presented with bilateral OND leading to progressive field defects and LE light perception and RE 20/25 vision. A vitrectomy was performed on the legally-blind left eye to test the resectability of OND. RESULTS: The removal of superficial OND failed because the singular-appearing superficial OND presented as one large mass with multiple excrescences on its surface. Retinal vessels passed through it, which made an excision impossible. CONCLUSION: OND cannot always be removed surgically, due to their variable consistency and hardness.
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spelling pubmed-31780192011-09-30 Unsuccessful surgical excision of optic nerve drusen Pfriem, Magdalena Hoerauf, Hans Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol Case Report BACKGROUND: To report the case of failed surgical excision of optic nerve drusen (OND). METHODS: Case report. A 53-year-old woman presented with bilateral OND leading to progressive field defects and LE light perception and RE 20/25 vision. A vitrectomy was performed on the legally-blind left eye to test the resectability of OND. RESULTS: The removal of superficial OND failed because the singular-appearing superficial OND presented as one large mass with multiple excrescences on its surface. Retinal vessels passed through it, which made an excision impossible. CONCLUSION: OND cannot always be removed surgically, due to their variable consistency and hardness. Springer-Verlag 2011-06-03 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3178019/ /pubmed/21638031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00417-011-1693-x Text en © The Author(s) 2011 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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