Peripheral field loss: something old, something new.

Surv Ophthalmol

Neuro-ophthalmology Service, Wills Eye Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Phialdelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.

Published: July 2008

A 37-year-old patient presented with acute visual field loss diagnosed as non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in the setting of optic nerve drusen. Her visual field loss had progressed when compared to the visual field done 2 years previously. Fundus examination showed bilateral optic nerve head drusen and left retinal nerve fiber layer edema consistent with non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2008.04.002DOI Listing

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