%0 Journal Article
%T Isolated unilateral disk edema
%A Varner P
%J Clinical Optometry
%D 2011
%I Dove Medical Press
%X Paul VarnerJohn J Pershing VAMC, Poplar Bluff, MO, USAAbstract: Isolated unilateral disk edema is a familiar clinical presentation with myriad associations. Related, non-consensus terminology is a barrier to understanding a common pathogenesis. Mechanisms for the development of disk edema are reviewed, and a new framework for clinical differentiation of medical associations is presented.Keywords: disk edema, axoplasmic flow, clinical multiplier, optic neuritis, ischemic optic neuropathy, papilledema
%U http://www.dovepress.com/isolated-unilateral-disk-edema-a7971