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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 Disk
Drusen, Optic Nerve  
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 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 RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   24818 
Unique Identifier:   D015594 

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