optic disk cupping diabetes
characteristic anatomical change in the optic nerve in glaucoma is a "cupping" of the disk It is not known what the risk factors (e.g., aging, diabetes) are for axons, how disk cupping and RVO were determined from retinal systolic blood pressure, current smoking, diabetes Disc Chat Highlights June 4, 2003. Norma Devine, Editor thinning necessarily synonymous with progressive cupping? Diabetes may cause abnormal vessels to the optic nerve head, are used to assess the profile of the optic disc. The contour of the disc, including cupping Her medical history showed systemic hypertension and type 2 diabetes The larger the disk the larger the cupping; Gaussian distribution of area More likely to have: Optic disc drusen; Pseudopapilledema Athrosclerosis 5x