Optic disc torsion and tilt strongly correlated with normal-tension glaucoma in myopic patients, according to a study. “Optic disc tilt and torsion were prominent findings in small myopic discs,” the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Measuring vertical disc tilt can provide useful information regarding the location of glaucomatous visual field ...

Purpose: To determine the clinical features of optic disc progression in patients with ocular hypertension and early glaucoma. Patients: A total of 336 eyes of 168 patients with ocular hypertension or ...

The optic disc is a non-sensory spot in the retina where the axons of the ganglion cells carrying afferent light-induced impulses to the visual cortex of the brain converge to leave the eye. It ...

The optic disc, also known as the optic nerve head, forms a slightly raised spot on the nasal side of the retina. Here, there are no photoreceptors, hence it is known as the blind spot of the eye. The ...

“Ischemia” is the term doctors use when a part of the body stops getting enough oxygen as a result of restricted blood flow. This is because blood carries oxygen in the body. In the case of NAION, ...

Intravenous fluorescein angiography showed leakage involving the superior and inferior nasal branches of the retinal arterioles of the left eye. This was suggestive of retinal vasculitis. In ...