Dysfunction of optic nerve
| Etiology | Specific Diseases | Key risk factors | Key presentation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vascular (eye) | ‣ : ‣ and ‣ | AAION/GCA: older, female | |
| NAION: vascular risk factor | Sudden-onset monocular altitudinal VFD | ||
| Inflammatory | ‣ | Young, female, think ‣ | Pain with eyemovement, Monocular VFD |
| Neoplastic (Compressive) | ‣ | ||
| ‣ of ICA | |||
| Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma | Slow-progressing, painless, monocular VFD | ||
| Nutritional deficiency | ‣ | ||
| ‣ | |||
| ‣ | Hx | Bilateral, symmetric | |
| ‣ →Papilloedema | ‣ | ||
| ‣ | |||
| Space-occupying lesion in brain | ‣, woman, child-bearing age (IIH) | Normal everything else | |
| Bilateral Optic disc edema | |||
| ‣, Pulsatile ‣ | |||
| Hereditary | Dominant optic atrophy (AD) | ||
| Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (M) | FHx | AD or mitochondrial inheritance pattern |