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  • Title: Optic disc oedema and diabetes mellitus: a case report with review.
    Author: West PD, De Wytt CN, Strakosch CR.
    Journal: Aust N Z J Med; 1991 Apr; 21(2):248-50. PubMed ID: 1872756.
    Abstract:
    Optic disc oedema is a neurological complication of diabetes mellitus. Typically, the patient is a young diabetic with minimal symptomatology but severe bilateral optic disc oedema discovered on routine eye examination. It is a relatively benign condition which on occasion can result in a residual visual deficit, but requires no specific intervention and represents a subgroup of anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (AION). We present a patient with insulin dependent diabetes and asymptomatic bilateral optic disc oedema, with a brief review of the syndrome and its pathogenesis.
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