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History
A 30 year old man , previously healthy,
presented to our ER with severe frontal headache and decreased
visual acuity of 5 days duration.
The pain is deeply located, non-throbbing, described as excruciating
pressure waking the patient during sleep, with mild
vertigo, and sometimes tinnitus.
There is no associated photophobia, photopsias, scintillations,
sensory "auras" or altered consciousness. There is neither
a recognized precipitating or exacerbating factor, nor a
predilection for a specific time of the day.
No other neurologic or systemic complaints were reported.
General Exam
General appearance: moderately obese middle- aged in mild
distress.
Vital Signs: BP= 140/80 in all extremities, HR= 100,
RR= 18 , Temp: 37 º C
Heart / lung exam is normal.
Neurologic exam: normal; Intact cranial nerves, negative cerebellar
signs...
Ophthalmologic exam
Normal extaocular muscle action in all directions. No pain on motion.
No APD
No Anisocoria
Color vision using Ishihara plates is significantly deficient.
Vision : 20/100 OU . ( Pinholing deteriorated vision to
counting fingers 3m in both eyes.)
Slit lamp exam:
Normal anterior segment
Fundus:

OD showed same picture as OS
Optic nerve head (in both eyes) is significantly elevated,
with blurring of margins, vessels looping
out and into the retinal plane when coursing over the elevated
ONH edge.
Macula: normal OU
No other ocular abnormalities noticed.
No medications were used by the patient.
Work-up
MRI of the brain : normal
B-scan.: elevated punched-out ONH into the vitreous , no other
vitreoretinal or choroidal pathologies noted.
Visual field revealed significant defects in both eyes.
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