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Descriptor English:   Optic Disk Drusen 
Descriptor Spanish:   drusas del disco óptico 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Drusas do Disco Óptico 
Synonyms English:   Drusen, Optic Disc
Drusen, Optic Disk
Drusen, Optic Nerve
Optic Disc Drusen
Optic Disc Drusens
Optic Disk Drusens
Optic Nerve Drusen  
Tree Number:   C10.292.700.450
C11.640.513
Definition English:   Optic disk bodies composed primarily of acid mucopolysaccharides that may produce pseudopapilledema (elevation of the optic disk without associated INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION) and visual field deficits. Drusen may also occur in the retina (see RETINAL DRUSEN). (Miller et al., Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 4th ed, p355) 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not confuse with RETINAL DRUSEN
History Note English:   91(90); was see under OPTIC NERVE DISEASES 1990 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   24818 
Unique Identifier:   D015594 

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