Mallika Goyal, MD » traumatic optic neuropathy

Nov 28 2012 by Mallika Goyal, MD

19-year-old status-post chest injury.

Condition/keywords: Purtscher's retinopathy, traumatic optic neuropathy, white centered retinal hemorrhage (Roth Spot)

Nov 28 2012 by Mallika Goyal, MD

Left eye of a 19-year-old boy 4 weeks following a road accident involving head injury as chest compression with lung contusion has visual acuity CF CF. There is disc pallor with surrounding retinal edema and hemorrhages suggestive of traumatic optic neuropathy.

Photographer: Mallika Goyal, MD, Apollo Health City, Hyderabad, India

Condition/keywords: traumatic optic neuropathy

Dec 9 2012 by Mallika Goyal, MD

Right eye of a 23-year-old gentleman 6 months following a road accident. Optic disc pallor with peripapillary chorioretinal scarring suggests traumatic optic neuropathy as the cause of optic atrophy.

Photographer: Mallika Goyal, MD, Apollo Health City, Hyderabad, India

Condition/keywords: traumatic optic neuropathy