A pigmented optic disc

J Neuroophthalmol. 2011 Jun;31(2):151-2. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31820d1749.

Abstract

This report describes the case of a 48-year-old white woman who was found to have an entirely pigmented optic disc in an otherwise normal eye. Pigmentation of the optic disc is an uncommon finding. The possible explanations of this physiologic variant are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography / methods
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Optic Disk / metabolism
  • Optic Disk / physiopathology*
  • Pigmentation / physiology*
  • Pigments, Biological / metabolism*
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods

Substances

  • Pigments, Biological