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Abstract
Optic disk bodies composed primarily of acid mucopolysaccharides that may produce pseudopapilledema (elevation of the optic disk without associated INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION) and visual field deficits. Drusen may also occur in the retina (see RETINAL DRUSEN). (Miller et al., Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 4th ed, p355)
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- Drusen, Optic Disc
- Drusen, Optic Disk
- Drusen, Optic Nerve
- Optic Disc Drusen
- Optic Disc Drusens
- Optic Disk Drusens
- Optic Nerve Drusen
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with RETINAL DRUSEN
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History Note
91(90); was see under OPTIC NERVE DISEASES 1990
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- Optic Disk (1975-1989)
- Optic Nerve (1968-1985)
- Optic Nerve Diseases (1975-1989)
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- National Library of Medicine. Optic Disk Drusen. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015594. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015594
- Optic Disk Drusen. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_disc_drusen
- Optic Disk Drusen. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7098792