ACQUIRED PERIPAPILLARY MYELINATION ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC PAPILLEDEMA

Authors
BURDON MA SANDERS MD
Citation
Ma. Burdon et Md. Sanders, ACQUIRED PERIPAPILLARY MYELINATION ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC PAPILLEDEMA, Neuro-ophthalmology, 17(1), 1997, pp. 31-34
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuro-ophthalmology
ISSN journal
01658107 → ACNP
Volume
17
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
31 - 34
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-8107(1997)17:1<31:APMAWC>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A patient with papilloedema due to idiopathic intracranial hypertensio n developed bilateral progressive peripapillary myelination, This acqu ired myelination suggests a breakdown of the normal barrier to oligode ndrocyte migration into the retina. However, ultrastructural studies o f developmental and acquired myelination in animals have consistently found that the myelin is formed by peripheral nervous system myelin fo rming cells (Schwann cells) rather than central nervous system oligode ndrocytes.