Spontaneous retinal venous pulsations can be present with a swollen optic disc

[...]people may indeed show SVPs during the period throughout which their ICP is normal. [...]the decision as to whether or not an elevated disc is truly swollen should never be made entirely on the presence or absence of SVPs, but on the entire clinical picture.

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Published in:Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry neurosurgery and psychiatry, 2004-06, Vol.75 (6), p.941-941; author reply 941
Main Authors: McKee, H D R, Ahad, M A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Correspondence
Diagnosis, Differential
Fundus Oculi
Humans
Intraocular Pressure - physiology
Ocular Hypertension - diagnosis
Ocular Hypertension - physiopathology
optic disc
Optic Disk - pathology
Papilledema - diagnosis
Papilledema - pathology
Papilledema - physiopathology
papilloedema
Research Design - standards
Retinal Vein - physiopathology
spontaneous retinal venous pulsations
swollen disc
venous pulsation
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Summary:[...]people may indeed show SVPs during the period throughout which their ICP is normal. [...]the decision as to whether or not an elevated disc is truly swollen should never be made entirely on the presence or absence of SVPs, but on the entire clinical picture.
ISSN:0022-3050
1468-330X
DOI:10.1136/jnnp.2003.020966