optic disk drusen
MONDO:0001746Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names optic disk drusen yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Optic disk bodies composed primarily of acid mucopolysaccharides that may produce pseudopapilledema (elevation of the optic disk without associated intracranial hypertension) and visual field deficits. Drusen may also occur in the retina (see retinal drusen). (Miller et al., Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 4th ed, p355)
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001746), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: optic disk drusen
- Also called
- drusen of optic discdrusen of optic disk