Isolated unilateral disk edema

olated unilateral disk edema Review (4350) Total Article Views Authors: Varner P Published Date July 2011 Volume 2011:3 Pages 13 - 55 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S22806 Paul Varner John J Pershing VAMC, Poplar Bluff, MO, USA Abstract: 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.