[Secotrial diabetic retinopathy in a case of partial atrophy of the optic nerve (author's transl)].

Abstract

In a 35-year-old man diabetic patient with atrophy of the upper half of the right optic nerve and loss of the lower half of the visual field, no signs of diabetic retinopathy developed in the upper half of the eyeground. The diabetic retinopathy affecting the inferior half of the fundus was strictly confined to the inferior half of the eyeground; in addition the retinopathy took a more benign cours compared with the left eye showing a normal disc. After photocoagulation in the left fundus, the retinopathy improved to a grade comparable to the influence of the partial optic atrophy upon the course of the diabetic retinopathy in the right eye.

• Authors: H Freyler, I Egerer
• Journal: Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde (Klin Monbl Augenheilkd) Vol. 166 Issue 2 Pg. 227-33 (Feb 1975) ISSN: 0023-2165 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Sektorenförmige diabetische Retinopathie bei partieller Optikusatrophie
• PMID: 1142697 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Diabetic Retinopathy (complications, diagnostic imaging, therapy)
• Fluorescein Angiography
• Humans
• Light Coagulation
• Male
• Optic Atrophy (complications, diagnostic imaging, therapy)
• Radiography
• Visual Fields