Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 65-year-old woman presented to the New England Eye Center with 4 weeks of decreased vision and 6 months of ...

Although the absolute risk is small, amiodarone-treated patients run a higher relative risk of developing optic neuropathy compared with nontreated patients, especially males and also possibly those ...

Glaucoma creeps in without pain or obvious symptoms, slowly damaging your optic nerve. Regular eye exams and early detection ...

When your optic nerve doesn’t develop all the way, you may not be able to see through that area of your eye. This congenital condition is most often experienced by people who have mothers with ...

In the autoimmune disorder neuromyelitis optica (NMO), the immune system attacks the optic nerves and spinal cord. This can cause symptoms such as loss of vision and changes in sensation. Early and ...

Andrew G. Lee, MD, revisits a 1997 case in which recognizing paraneoplastic optic neuropathy led to the diagnosis—and life-saving treatment—of small cell lung carcinoma.

There are typically no visual changes in the initial stages of glaucoma. As damage occurs to the optic nerve, people may develop blind spots in their peripheral visual field. Some can see halos and ...

Morning glory syndrome (MGS) is a birth defect that affects the nerve of the eye and causes poor eyesight. The syndrome is named for the morning glory flower because the characteristics of this defect ...

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, also called pseudotumor cerebri, refers to elevated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure that develops most often in women of reproductive age with obesity, causing ...