Abstract
Optic nerve head (ONH) drusen are acellular calcified concretions. Buried drusen manifests as pseudopapilledema. The compressive effects of ONH drusen can rarely precipitate central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). The superimposition of pseudopapilledema on disc edema in CRVO poses a diagnostic dilemma. A 40-year-old female without systemic comorbidities presented with resolving CRVO. An exhaustive systemic workup revealed no abnormalities. Ultrasonography demonstrated buried ONH drusen. This unusual etiology must be considered in a young patient in the absence of systemic risk factors, persistence of "nasally conspicuous" disc elevation, and presence of peripapillary hemorrhages. Ultrasonography must be incorporated in the diagnostic armamentarium in a young patient with CRVO.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.4103/ojo.ojo_85_21
- Journal
- Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 16(1), 113-116
- Publisher
- Medknow Publications
- Open access
- Gold open access
Cite this article
APA 7
Vallinayagam, M. K., Koushik, S., Vaithianathan, A., & Sainath, D. (2022). Unilateral buried optic nerve head drusen triggering central retinal vein occlusion in young - Discovering an eclipsed entity. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 16(1), 113-116. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_85_21
MLA 9
Vallinayagam, Muthu Krishnan, et al. "Unilateral buried optic nerve head drusen triggering central retinal vein occlusion in young - Discovering an eclipsed entity." Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 16, no. 1, 2022, pp. 113-116. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_85_21.
Chicago (author–date)
Vallinayagam, Muthu Krishnan, S Koushik, Amirtha Vaithianathan, and Dipika Sainath. 2022. "Unilateral buried optic nerve head drusen triggering central retinal vein occlusion in young - Discovering an eclipsed entity." Oman Journal of Ophthalmology 16 (1): 113-116. https://doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_85_21.
Harvard
Vallinayagam, M. K., Koushik, S., Vaithianathan, A. and Sainath, D. (2022) 'Unilateral buried optic nerve head drusen triggering central retinal vein occlusion in young - Discovering an eclipsed entity', Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 16(1), pp. 113-116. doi:10.4103/ojo.ojo_85_21.
Vancouver
Vallinayagam MK, Koushik S, Vaithianathan A, Sainath D. Unilateral buried optic nerve head drusen triggering central retinal vein occlusion in young - Discovering an eclipsed entity. Oman Journal of Ophthalmology. 2022;16(1):113-116. doi:10.4103/ojo.ojo_85_21
IEEE
M. K. Vallinayagam, S. Koushik, A. Vaithianathan, and D. Sainath, "Unilateral buried optic nerve head drusen triggering central retinal vein occlusion in young - Discovering an eclipsed entity," Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 113-116, 2022, doi: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_85_21.