ophthalmoscopic findings suggestive of glaucoma

Special laboratory: ophthalmoscopy 1) vertical elongation of the optic disk with a cup/disk ratio of > 0.5 2) asymmmetry of the cup/disk ratio of the 2 eyes, even if both are apparently normal 3) flame-shaped hemorrhages on the edge of the disk 4) bending of the retinal vessels as they pass over the rim of an enlarged cup &/or nasal displacement of the retinal vessels as they emerge from the optic disk 5) disk is pale, rather than hyperemic* * temporal pallor of the optic nerve (disk) is seen in conditions that damage the optic nerve; i.e., glaucoma, brain tumors, inflammation of the optic nerve

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glaucoma ophthalmoscopy

References

Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998