Transient Visual Loss in Young Females with Crowded Optic Discs: A Proposed Aetiology

ABSTRACT

I present four cases of transient visual loss (TVL) in young females with crowded optic discs. One patient had asymmetrical cup-to-disc ratios and only experienced TVL in the eye with the more crowded disc. I review the evidence for blood flow autoregulatory dysfunction within crowded optic discs in combination with reduced ocular perfusion pressure to propose a possible aetiology for both unilateral and bilateral TVL in young females with crowded optic discs.

KEYWORDS:

• Young
• female
• amaurosis
• optic disc
• crowded
• visual loss

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