The Twilight Zone Where Margins Are Blurred: A Retrospective Analysis of Unilateral and Bilateral Optic Disc Swelling in a Tertiary Center in Malaysia.

Shew Fei Chee, Chang Feng Chew, Embong Zunaina

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Shew Fei CheeDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, MYS.

Chang Feng ChewDepartment of Ophthalmology, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh, MYS.

Embong ZunainaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, MYS.

Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia · MYInstitut Penyelidikan Veterinar · MYUniversiti Sains Malaysia · MY

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Abstract

Background To analyze the etiology of optic disc swelling (ODS) and compare the clinical features between non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NA-AION) and optic neuritis (ON) at our center from January 2019 to January 2020. Methodology Clinical records of all patients who presented with ODS between January 2019 and January 2020 were reviewed. The collected data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows (Version 23.0, IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). Results A total of 70 eyes among 47 patients were included in this review. There were 24 patients (51%) who had unilateral ODS, while 23 patients (49.0%) had bilateral ODS. The most common etiology of unilateral ODS was ON (45.7%), NA-AION (25%), and neuroretinitis (12.5%). Among bilateral ODS, the most common cause was papilledema (30.4%), hypertensive retinopathy (21.7%), diabetic papillitis (13.1%), and optic disc drusen (13.1%). Among unilateral ODS, the mean onset age was significantly older in NA-AION cases than that in ON cases (57.5 years vs. 40.3 years,

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bilateral optic disc swellingdiabetic papillopathynon-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathyoptic disc swellingoptic neuritispapilledemaunilateral optic disc swelling

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PMID37033552

DOI10.7759/cureus.35823

PMCPMC10075138

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