Coexistence of idiopathic intracranial hypertension and optic disc drusen in a latin american patient: case report.

Abstract

Optic nerve drusen are acellular concretions of calcium located in the parenchyma of the optical nerve head described as the most common cause of pseudo-papilloedema, which makes it difficult to differentiate from a true optical disc oedema. Despite it being rare, the drusen of the optic nerve and the papilloedema secondary to idiopathic intracranial hypertension can coexist in the same patient. The case is presented of a 34 year-old woman referred to the Ophthalmology Department with visual discomfort, headaches, and pulsatile tinnitus of two months onset. In the physical examination there was bilateral blurring of the optic disc margin with absence of spontaneous venous pulsation. The diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension was made by lumbar puncture with the measurement of the opening pressure, and due to the findings of the magnetic resonance scan of the brain and the eye sockets. The optic nerve drusen was an incidental finding in an optical coherence tomography angiography, which would later be confirmed with an eye ultrasound. To our knowledge, this the first case reported in Latin America of the coexistence of optic nerve drusen and papilloedema secondary to idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

• Authors: H D Escobar Gómez, D L Jaramillo Velásquez, P L Cárdenas Angelone, L K Martínez Malo, C Vélez Álvarez
• Journal: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia (Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed)) Vol. 96 Issue 6 Pg. 326-331 (Jun 2021) ISSN: 2173-5794 [Electronic] Spain
• PMID: 34092287 (Publication Type: Case Reports)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2020 Sociedad Española de Oftalmología. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Adult
• Female
• Humans
• Latin America
• Optic Disk
• Optic Disk Drusen (complications)
• Papilledema (diagnosis)
• Pseudotumor Cerebri (complications)