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  Vol. 115 No. 11, November 1997 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Does optic disc appearance distinguish ischemic optic neuropathy from optic neuritis?

J. E. Warner, S. Lessell, J. F. Rizzo 3rd and N. J. Newman
University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, USA.

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether characteristics of optic nerve swelling assist in distinguishing between optic neuritis and anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. METHOD: Optic nerve stereophotograph review by masked observers. RESULTS: Altitudinal swelling, pallor, arterial attenuation, and hemorrhage are found more commonly in anterior ischemic optic neuropathy than in optic neuritis. CONCLUSION: Optic disc appearance does help to distinguish anterior ischemic optic neuropathy from optic neuritis, although there are overlapping features.

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