Optic Nerve Diseases
Conditions which produce injury or dysfunction of the second cranial or optic nerve, which is generally considered a component of the central nervous system. Damage to optic nerve fibers may occur at or near their origin in the retina, at the optic disk, or in the nerve, optic chiasm, optic tract, or lateral geniculate nuclei. Clinical manifestations may include decreased visual acuity and contrast sensitivity, impaired color vision, and an afferent pupillary defect.
Year introduced: 1976
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Tree Number(s): C10.292.700, C11.640
MeSH Unique ID: D009901
Entry Terms:
- Optic Nerve Disease
- Neural-Optical Lesion
- Lesion, Neural-Optical
- Neural Optical Lesion
- Neural-Optical Lesions
- Cranial Nerve II Diseases
- Optic Neuropathy
- Neuropathy, Optic
- Optic Neuropathies
- Second Cranial Nerve Diseases
- Cranial Nerve II Disorder
- Foster-Kennedy Syndrome
- Foster Kennedy Syndrome
- Syndrome, Foster-Kennedy
- Optic Disk Disorders
- Disk Disorder, Optic
- Optic Disk Disorder
- Optic Disc Disorders
- Disc Disorder, Optic
- Disorder, Optic Disc
- Optic Disc Disorder
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