Historical aspects and current views of the etiopathogenesis and clinical manifestations of optic nerve pits
https://doi.org/10.21516/2072-0076-2021-14-4-158-163
Abstract
Optic nerve pits are a mono- or bilateral congenital anomaly represented by optic disc depressions of various sizes. In half of the cases, the pits are complicated by edema, central retinal detachment and retinoschisis, and cause visual function decrease. Visual acuity losses can be either insignificant or pronounced. Optic discs pits have been investigated massively over the last century and a half, but their etiology is still underresearched. In recent years, however, due to the development of digital scanning and data processing technologies and the emergence of non-invasive highly informative diagnostic methods, it has become possible to reveal structural and functional changes of the optic disc in vivo, in addition to the traditional detection of histological changes in cadaveric eyes.
About the Authors
E. V. Muskatina
Irkutsk Branch of S.N. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Clinic
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena V. Muskatina — ophthalmologist of the diagnostics department
337, Lermontov St., Irkutsk, 664033
D. Yu. Samsonov
Irkutsk Branch of S.N. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Clinic; Irkutsk State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitry Yu. Samsonov — Cand. of Med. Sci., ophthalmologist of the diagnostics department, ophthalmologist
337, Lermontov St., Irkutsk, 664033
1, Krasnogo Vosstaniya St., Irkutsk, 664003
S. I. Zhukova
Irkutsk Branch of S.N. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Clinic
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Svetlana I. Zhukova — Cand. of Med. Sci., ophthalmologist, head of the diagnostics department
337, Lermontov St., Irkutsk, 664033
А. G. Shchuko
Irkutsk Branch of S.N. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Clinic; Irkutsk State Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education; Irkutsk State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey G. Shchuko — Dr. of Med. Sci., professor, director, ophthalmology, head of chair of eye diseases
337, Lermontov St., Irkutsk, 664033
100, Yubileiny living area, Irkutsk, 664049
1, Krasnogo Vosstaniya St., Irkutsk, 664003
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Muskatina E.V., Samsonov D.Yu., Zhukova S.I., Shchuko А.G. Historical aspects and current views of the etiopathogenesis and clinical manifestations of optic nerve pits. Russian Ophthalmological Journal. 2021;14(4):158-163. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21516/2072-0076-2021-14-4-158-163
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