Don’t Miss This! Red Flags in the Pediatric Eye Exam: Blurred Disc Margins

ABSTRACT

Evaluating a patient with blurred optic disc margins, particularly a child, and establishing a diagnosis can be a demanding task. We aim to review the differential diagnosis of blurred disc margins, identify the clinical characteristics of a swollen optic disc, discuss imaging modalities used in the evaluation of the optic nerve head as tools for formulating a diagnosis, and identify red flags that may indicate a serious disorder.

KEYWORDS:

• Blurred disc margins
• swollen optic disc
• papilledema
• pseudopapilledema

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The author reports no conflict of interest

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Funding

This work was supported by the Research to Prevent Blindness (unrestricted grant to department).