Isolated unilateral disk edema

Abstract:

Isolated unilateral disk edema is a familiar clinical presentation with myriad associations. Related, non-consensus terminology is a barrier to understanding a common pathogenesis. Mechanisms for the development of disk edema are reviewed, and a new framework for clinical differentiation of medical associations is presented.

Keywords::

• disk edema
• axoplasmic flow
• clinical multiplier
• optic neuritis
• ischemic optic neuropathy
• papilledema