Optic atrophy
Optic atrophy:
- is the result of progressive optic nerve disease
- damage to the ganglion cells and their axons is permanent
- axon loss reorients the astrocytes within the optic disc, so obscuring the capillaries on the surface and producing the characteristic pallor of atrophy
- treatment is dependent on the cause
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