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Abstract #6453 Published in IGR 3-2

Ophthalmic segment aneurysm simulating normal tension glaucoma

Beatty S; Lee W; Waters F; Laitt R
Annals of ophthalmology (Skokie, Ill.) 2001; 33: 154-157


A diagnosis of glaucoma is made in the presence of a characteristic form of optic neuropathy and visual field defect, with some regard to intraocular pressure. The authors encountered a case of compressive optic neuropathy caused by an aneurysm of the ophthalmic segment, which presented with signs suggestive of normal tension glaucoma. To their knowledge, this mode of presentation of an ophthalmic aneurysm has not been previously described.

Dr S. Beatty, Department of Ophthalmology, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WH, UK


Classification:

10 Differential diagnosis e.g. anterior and posterior ischemic optic neuropathy



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