Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 77-year-old man was referred to the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at Tufts/New England Eye Center for bilateral ...

A 17-year-old boy was noted to have an abnormal appearance of the optic disc in his left eye. He was asymptomatic and had had a dilated eye examination after receiving a glasses prescription. The ...

Metastatic tumours to the optic disc are rare. In a series of 660 patients with intraocular metastasis, only 30 (4.5%) had metastatic cancer of the optic disc. 1 We report our case because it is, to ...

A 29-year-old previously healthy man was referred for evaluation of a 1-month history of painless decreased vision. He saw an optometrist who sent him to a retina specialist, who noted a retinal ...

Dr. Bart K. Chwalisz: A 65-year-old man was admitted to this hospital because of bilateral eye pain and decreased vision. The patient had been in his usual state of health until 8 days before this ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Traumatic optic nerve head avulsion and traumatic optic neuropathy are serious and can be visually devastating.

The optic disc is a non-sensory spot in the retina where the axons of the ganglion cells carrying afferent light-induced impulses to the visual cortex of the brain converge to leave the eye. It ...

The optic disc, also known as the optic nerve head, forms a slightly raised spot on the nasal side of the retina. Here, there are no photoreceptors, hence it is known as the blind spot of the eye. The ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...