Optic neuropathies

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Loss of spontaneous venous pulsation is associated with increased what?

An absent septum pellucidum and a thinning corpus collosum are associated with which neuopathy?

In this stable condition, the patient has an extra large optic nerve and blind spot.

Peripapillary staphyloma causes thinning of the retina near the ONH and is associated with what type of scotoma?

Tilted discs can cause a defects bilaterally in which quadrant?

Optic disc drusen cause what kind of scotoma? (Hint: similar to glaucoma)

What range is considered to be borderline high for intracranial pressure?

Cerebral Spinal fluid is made where in the brain?

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) is found mainly in what group? (2 words)

What class of drug used to lower IOPs also lowers intracranial pressure?

This condition causes decreased color vision and contrast sensitivity. It is also the most common cause of a RAPD.

Normal ESR for a 40 year old female. (Hint: normal Male = age/2, normal female = (age+10/2))

GCA, polyarteritis nodosa, and lupus could all cause this emergency neuropathy. (use abbreviation)

Your patient has optic neuopathy and a bullseye rash after hiking. What is the likely cause?

Your 9 year old patient has progressive vision loss OD with diplopia. An MRI reveals a mass on the optic nerve. What is the cause?

Your patient has proptosis, neuopathy, and irregular eye movements. Blood tests show increased T3 and T4. What is the cause?

Your patient is a heavy drinker with optic neuopathy. He tests positive for pernicious anemia. What type of neuropathy does he have?

What hereditary optic neuopathy is the most common and starts from 4-6 years of age?