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Papilloedema from early to atrophic, in four panels

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A teaching figure of both discs at four stages: early, established, chronic (vintage) and atrophic papilloedema.

Papilloedema, staged: A: early swelling, margins blurred, vessels still visible

Four labelled panels from the source figure.

Diagnosis

Papilloedema, staged

  • A: early swelling, margins blurred, vessels still visible
  • B: established swelling with haemorrhages and obscured vessels
  • C: chronic swelling with a champagne cork disc and hard exudates
  • D: atrophic papilloedema, the disc pale and flat after the swelling has burnt out

Same diagnosis, different appearance