TY - JOUR
T1 - Glaucoma-simulating cupping in a patient with periventricular leukomalacia
T2 - a clinical case report
AU - Tatis, Patricia Amaris
AU - Alvarez, Eduardo Rojas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Non-glaucomatous papillary cupping constitutes an important differential diagnosis in daily medical practice. There are patients diagnosed and treated as glaucoma, who do not present the disease and are part of the large group of non-glaucomatous optic neuropathies. This case emphasizes directing the diagnostic gaze to these “apparently glaucomatous” optic nerves through a case of periventricular leukomalacia. Patients with a history of prematurity, alterations in the cerebral white matter and presence of optic nerve excavations with normal intraocular pressures.
AB - Non-glaucomatous papillary cupping constitutes an important differential diagnosis in daily medical practice. There are patients diagnosed and treated as glaucoma, who do not present the disease and are part of the large group of non-glaucomatous optic neuropathies. This case emphasizes directing the diagnostic gaze to these “apparently glaucomatous” optic nerves through a case of periventricular leukomalacia. Patients with a history of prematurity, alterations in the cerebral white matter and presence of optic nerve excavations with normal intraocular pressures.
KW - Glaucoma
KW - Leukomalacia
KW - periventricular
KW - Visual fields
KW - White matter
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85161703093
U2 - 10.37039/1982.8551.20230020
DO - 10.37039/1982.8551.20230020
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85161703093
SN - 0034-7280
VL - 82
JO - Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia
JF - Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia
M1 - e0020
ER -