Optic nerve drusen is an eye problem that could occur at any age. It can cause some mild visual issues but is usually symptomless. Most of the time, you won’t even know that you have this ...

Tansuebchueasai N, Nishida T, Moghimi S, et al. Rate of initial optic nerve head capillary density loss and risk of visual field progression. JAMA Ophthalmol . Published online May 2, 2024. doi:10 ...

Optic nerve drusen (OND), acellular calcium deposits within the optic nerve, occur in 0.5% to 2% of the population. They can be visible during funduscopy or occur deeper, under the surface of the ...

Glaucoma progression was found 5 years after trabeculectomy in 28% of eyes, a trend-based analysis of optic nerve head structural changes and visual field sensitivity showed in a study. "The study ...

B-scan ultrasonography demonstrated hyperechoic lesions on both optic nerve heads consistent with buried disc drusen (Figure 4). Humphrey visual field 30-2 was essentially full in both eyes with ...

Although optic nerve head drusen are rarely associated with visual acuity reduction (studies suggest an incidence of 0.65% to 1.4% of cases [8,9]), they may be associated with visual field defects ...

The visual field in the right eye is full (not shown). ... . 7–9 Other optic-nerve anomalies resulting in crowding of the optic-nerve head, such as optic-nerve drusen and papilledema, ...

Visual field tests help your doctor figure out whether you have blind spots, where they are, and what their shape is. This can tell you a lot about how an eye disease or brain disorder affects you.