Optic Atrophy (definition)

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Definition: 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.

/genet permitted but do not confuse with OPTIC ATROPHIES, HEREDITARY
Examples Optic Atrophies, Hereditary

Other names Atrophy, Optic

Substance	Categories	Source
Behr syndrome	Spasm Ataxia Intellectual Disability Optic Atrophy/congenital *Hearing Loss.
Jensen syndrome	Dementia Hearing Loss, Central *Optic Atrophy.
Silengo Lerone Pelizza syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Microcephaly Optic Atrophy/congenital Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn Bone and Bones/abnormalities.
Optic atrophy 5	*Optic Atrophy.
Optic atrophy, X-linked	Optic Atrophy/congenital Genetic Diseases, X-Linked.
X-linked mental retardation Gustavson type	Deafness Optic Atrophy Seizures Mental Retardation, X-Linked.
Warburg Sjo Fledelius syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Cataract/congenital Hypogonadism Intellectual Disability Microcephaly Optic Atrophy Cornea/abnormalities.	Am J Dis Child. 1993;147(12):1309-12
Treft Sanborn Carey syndrome	Ataxia Blepharoptosis Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Muscular Diseases Ophthalmoplegia Optic Atrophy.
PEHO syndrome	Brain Edema Optic Atrophy Spasms, Infantile Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Rosenberg Chutorian syndrome	Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Optic Atrophy *Polyneuropathies.
Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome	Dystonia Intellectual Disability Optic Atrophy Deaf-Blind Disorders.
Growth retardation, Alopecia, Pseudoanodontia and Optic atrophy	Alopecia Anodontia Growth Disorders Optic Atrophy.
Al Gazali Sabrinathan Nair syndrome	Optic Atrophy Osteogenesis Imperfecta *Retinal Diseases Developmental Disabilities.
Al Gazali Khidr Prem Chandran syndrome	Cherubism Growth Disorders *Optic Atrophy.
CAPOS syndrome	Cerebellar Ataxia Foot Deformities, Congenital Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Optic Atrophy *Reflex, Abnormal.
Costeff optic atrophy syndrome	Chorea Metabolism, Inborn Errors Optic Atrophy Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary.

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