Optic nerve hypoplasia with good visual acuity and visual field defects: a study of children of diabetic mothers
R. A. Petersen and D. S. Walton
Seventeen children, born of severely diabetic mothers, exhibited segmental
optic nerve hypoplasia with normal visual acuity and altitudinal or sector
field defects corresponding to the hypoplastic areas of the disc. This is
the first group of patients with optic nerve hypoplasia in which a possible
cause has been identified. Optic nerve hypoplasia is neither a rare
abnormality usually associated with serious central nervous system defects,
nor is it always accompanied by decreased visual acuity.
