There is an argument about whether this is a pseudo nerve fiber layer defect, because defect does not reach the disc. The vessels transversing the defect are not exposed and there is no change in the visual field and no other slit like defects.
Anatomy
Peripapillary nerve fiber layer
Pathology
Slit-like defects in the arcuate nerve fiber bundles
William F. Hoyt M.D. Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery University of California, San Francisco, Department of Ophthalmology
Publisher
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Resource Type
Image
Format.Use
image/jpeg
Format.Creation
Scanned at 2700 ppi on Nikon LS2000 and Nikon 8000 film scanners.
Source
35mm Kodachrome slide; 8a-b
Relation-Is Part Of
group IIB3
Rights Management
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association (NANOS), Copyright 2002. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit:http://library.med.utah.edu/NOVEL/about/copyright
Holding.Institution
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
