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Descriptor English: Optic Atrophy
Descriptor Spanish: Atrofia Óptica
Descriptor atrofia óptica
Scope note: Atrofia del disco óptico que puede ser congénita o adquirida. Esta afección indica una deficiencia en el número de fibras nerviosas que se originan en la RETINA y que convergen para formar el DISCO ÓPTICO, NERVIO ÓPTICO, QUIASMA ÓPTICO, y tractos ópticos. Las causas relativamente comunes de esta afección son el GLAUCOMA, ISQUEMIA, inflamación, elevación crónica de la presión intracraneal, toxinas, compresión del nervio óptico, y afecciones heredadas (ver ATROFIAS ÓPTICAS HEREDITARIAS).
Descriptor Portuguese: Atrofia Óptica
Descriptor French: Atrophie optique
Entry term(s): Atrophy, Optic
Tree number(s): C10.292.700.225
C11.640.451
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009896
Scope note: Atrophy of the optic disk which may be congenital or acquired. This condition indicates a deficiency in the number of nerve fibers which arise in the RETINA and converge to form the OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC CHIASM; and optic tracts. GLAUCOMA; ISCHEMIA; inflammation, a chronic elevation of intracranial pressure, toxins, optic nerve compression, and inherited conditions (see OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY) are relatively common causes of this condition.
Annotation: /genet permitted but do not confuse with OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 27727
Unique ID: D009896
NLM Classification: WW 280
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/07/15
Optic Atrophy - Preferred
Concept UI M0015352
Scope note Atrophy of the optic disk which may be congenital or acquired. This condition indicates a deficiency in the number of nerve fibers which arise in the RETINA and converge to form the OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC CHIASM; and optic tracts. GLAUCOMA; ISCHEMIA; inflammation, a chronic elevation of intracranial pressure, toxins, optic nerve compression, and inherited conditions (see OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY) are relatively common causes of this condition.
Preferred term Optic Atrophy
Entry term(s) Atrophy, Optic



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