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Band Atrophy of the Optic NerveThe Histology of Temporal Hemianopsia
Renate Unsöld, MD;
William F. Hoyt, MD
Arch Ophthalmol. 1980;98(9):1637-1638.
Abstract
• Cross sections of the orbital portion of the optic nerve, the decussating fibers of which underwent atrophy, have a distinctive histologic pattern. Distally, from the eyeball to the midportion of the optic nerve, this pattern of atrophy consists of a broad-based nasal and a narrow-based temporal sector that form a horizontal band. Proximally, near the optic canal, the pattern changes. The atrophic bundles occupy the nasal and central portions of the optic nerve only.
Author Affiliations
From the Neuro-ophthalmology Unit, Departments of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco. Dr Unsöld is a fellow in neuro-ophthalmology from the Universitäts-Augenklinik, Freiburg, West Germany.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 28, 1979.
Reprint requests to Department of Neurosurgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 (Dr Hoyt).
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