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Imaging of optic disc drusen: A comparative study

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The choice of imaging technique to identify the presence of optic disc drusen has not been well established. We performed computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), fundus fluorescein angiography and B-mode ultrasonography (B-USG) on four patients with optic disc drusen as the sole identifiable pathological process. CT, MRI and examination for autofluorescence demonstrated the presence of drusen in only one case each. B-USG showed characteristic features of optic disc drusen in all cases. We suggest that B-USG, a non-invasive and inexpensive technique, may be the imaging method of choice in identifying the presence of disc drusen.

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  1. Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    Sundeep Kheterpal, Peter A Good & Erna E Kritzinger

  2. Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, UK

    David J Beale

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  1. Sundeep Kheterpal
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Kheterpal, S., Good, P., Beale, D. et al. Imaging of optic disc drusen: A comparative study. Eye 9, 67–69 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1995.10

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Keywords

  • Autofluorescence
  • Computed tomography
  • Drusen
  • Echography
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Ultrasonography

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