An unusual cause of optic atrophy in a child

A 13-year-old child presenting with gross visual impairment was diagnosed as a case of optic atrophy. However, radiological investigations revealed osteopetrosis, which, though rare, can result in optic atrophy. The aim of this case report is to highlight this possibility while evaluating cases of o...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Nishant, Singh, Anirudh, Saxena, Rohit, Menon, Vimla, Sharma, Sanjay
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4064232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24817753
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.132111
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author Kumar, Nishant
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spelling pubmed-40642322014-06-25 An unusual cause of optic atrophy in a child Kumar, Nishant Singh, Anirudh Saxena, Rohit Menon, Vimla Sharma, Sanjay Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communications A 13-year-old child presenting with gross visual impairment was diagnosed as a case of optic atrophy. However, radiological investigations revealed osteopetrosis, which, though rare, can result in optic atrophy. The aim of this case report is to highlight this possibility while evaluating cases of optic atrophy in young patients. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4064232/ /pubmed/24817753 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.132111 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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