Subject Outline for
William F. Hoyt Slide Collection

Papilledema (142 slides)

  1. Unilateral papilledema (P1a - P14b)
  2. Bilateral papilledema - Pseudo tumor cerebri (Various causes) (P15a - P33b)
  3. Brain tumor papilledema (P34a - P44b)
  4. Papilledema complications (P45a - P58b)

Pseudo papilledema (72 slides)

  1. Congenital blurred disc (PP1a - PP10b)
  2. Buried drusen (PP11a - PP19b)
  3. Exposed drusen (PP20a - PP26c)
  4. Drusen complications (PP27 - PP38)

Disc swelling from local and systemic causes (142 slides)

  1. Disc swelling from ocular causes
    1. Ocular hypo tension (A1)
    2. Big blind spot syndrome (A2 1-3)
    3. Chorioretinal disease (A3 1-3)
    4. Vitreous effects (A4 1-8)
    5. Pre-ischemic papillopathies (A5 1-4)
  2. Ischemic papillopathies
    1. Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) (B1 1-16)
    2. Diabetic papillopathy (B2 1-6)
    3. Giant cell arteries (B3 1)
    4. Radiation papillopathy (B4 1-7)
  3. Inflammatory papillopathies
    1. Papillitis / retro bulbar neuritis (C1 1-16)
    2. Papillitis with macular star (Cat scratch disease) (C2 1-9)
    3. Nodular papillopathies (sarcoid) (C3 1-8)
    4. Luetic papillopathies (C4 1-3)
  4. Vascular papillopathy (disc swelling with narrowed arterioles)
    1. Disc edema with systemic lupus (D1 1-7)
    2. Disc edema with systemic hypertension (D2 1-2)
  5. Disc swelling with central retinal vein occlusion (E 1-12)
  6. Neoplastic papillopathy
    1. Metastatic papillopathy (F1 1-9)
    2. Disc swelling from optic nerve sheaths
      1. Meningioma of the optic nerve sheaths (F2 1-7)
      2. Gliomas of the optic nerve (F2b 1-14)
    3. Oculo Cerebral Lymphoma (F3a&b) (digital images are with Retinocerebral stuff)
  7. Traumatic papillopathy
    1. Evulsions of the optic disc (G1 1-3)
    2. Purtchers traumatic retinopathy (G2 4-7)
    3. Vitreopapillary evulsion (traumatic AION) (G2 8-19)

Congenital Anomalies of the Optic Disc (161 slides)

   Hypoplasias (Metadata completed Oct 10, 2003)

  1. Panhypoplasia (Severe to mild) (H1-22)
  2. Dysplasia with hypoplasia (elevated dysplasias with anomalous vessels) (H23-33)
  3. Segmental Hypoplasias
    1. Retinal / optic disc hypoplasia
      1. Congenital toxo (H34-36)
      2. Tilted (dysverted) disc (H37-41)
      3. Nasal hypoplasia (H42-51)
    2. Superior segmental hypoplasia (SSOH) (H52-76)
    3. Inferior segmental hypoplasia (ISOH) (H77-79)
    4. Chiasmal hemioptic hypoplasia (Congenital bitemporal hemianopias) (H80-88)
    5. Occipital hemioptic hypoplasia (CH2) (H89-106)

Vascular Disc Anomalies (Rescanned - Borge Sept 2003) (metadata NOT done)

Arterial Anomalies

  1. All cilioretinal discs
    (See Cavitary disc anomalies "Empty discs" (Coloboma - like) (C21-32)
  2. Prepapillary arterial loops (V1-5)
  3. Prepapillary arterial convolutions (V6-11)
  4. Retinal arteriovenous malformations (V12-28)

Venous Anomalies

  1. Exit anomalies
    1. Edge veins (Veins of Kraupa) (V29 - 37)
    2. Choriovaginal veins (V38-42)
  2. Prepapillary venous convolutions
    1. Congenital (V43-48)
    2. Acquired (V49-50)
  3. Congenital venous tortuosity (V51-55)

Cavitary Anomalies (32 slides)

  1. Pits of the optic disc (C1-10)
  2. "Morning Glory" disc (C11-20)
  3. "Empty discs" (Coloboma - like) (C21-32)

Anomalous Pale Disc (5 slides)

  1. Macro discs (C33-38)

Optic Atrophy (171 slides)

Optic Disc Atrophy with Special Features

  1. Atrophy with optociliary veins (IA_1-9g)
  2. Atrophy with focally narrowed retinal arterioles
    1. Post ischemic (AION) cupless atrophy (IB1_1-14b)
    2. Post radiation papillopathy (IB2_1-4)
  3. Atrophy with diffused narrowed retinal arterioles
    1. Old central retinal artery occlusion with and without additional retinovascular signs (IC1_1-3d)
    2. Retinal pigmentary degeneration (sine pigmentosa) (IC1_4a and b)
    3. Quinine toxicity (amblyopia) (IC1_5)
  4. Atrophy with arteriolar sheathing, gliosis and pseudodrusen
    (post papilledema atrophy) (ID_1-7)
  5. Atrophy with peripapillary microangiopathy (Leber Optic Neuropathy)
    (acute, subacute and end stage) (IE_1-15b)
  6. Atrophy with cupping
    1. Low tension glaucoma, and glaucoma with wedge and sector defects in the RNFL (IF1_1-11d)
    2. Temporal cupping with dominant hereditary optic atrophy (IF2_1-5b)
    3. Post giant cell arteritis ischemic papillopathy (see section on Ischemic Papillopathies - Disc Swelling B1-4)
  7. Atrophy with congenital anomalies (hypoplasia, Cavitary anomalies, etc) (see section on Congenital Disc Anomalies H1-106 & V1-55)

Optic Disc Atrophy from Retrobulbar Causes (Retrograde Optic Nerve Degeneration)

  1. Severe Atrophy
    1. Diffuse atrophy (IIA1-1-8)
    2. Segmental atrophy
      1. Temporal atrophy (IIA2_1-4b)
      2. Altitudinal atrophy (IIA2_5-6)
      3. Hemianopic (band) atrophy; optic tract atrophy (IIA2C_14b)
        (note: 3-6 numbering error)
  2. Incipient atrophy (peripapillary nerve fiber leyer signs: Slits, wedges, in the RNFL, multiple sclerosis and glaucoma)
    1. Normal peripapillary nerve fiber layer (IIB1_1-5)
    2. M.S. slits and thinning in the peripapillary nerve fiber layer (IIB2_1-7b)

Incipient Atrophy in Ocular Hypertension (IIB3_1-4)

Retinocerebral Diseases: Ophthalmoscopic Signs (141 slides)

  1. The Phakomatoses
    1. Retinocerebral arteriovenous malformations (Wyburn Mason Syndrome (x-ref "Congenital vascular anololies")) (IA- 1-3b)
    2. Sturge Weber Syndrome (Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis) (IB- 1-3)
    3. Von Hippel Lindau Disease (x-ref "Disc Tumors") (IC- 1-9)
    4. Tuberous Sclerosis (ID- 1-7d)
    5. Neurofibromatosis - 1 (NF-1) (IE- 1-6)
    6. Neurofibromatosis - 2 (NF-2) (IF- 1-3)
  2. Metabolic, Degenerative and Inflammatory Disorders
    1. Macular cherry red spots in Tay Sachs and Niemann Pick disease (IIA - 1-2b)
    2. Pigmentary retinopathy in various genetic and autoimmune CNS disorders
      1. Hereditary cerebral degenerations (IIB1 - 1-4)
      2. Hereditary cerebellar macular degenerations (IIB2 - 1-2d)
      3. Hereditary spastic paraplegia (IIB3 - 1a-2)
      4. Hereditary peripheral neuropathy (IIB4 - 1a-2d)
      5. Progressive external ophthalmoplegia (Kearns Sayre) (IIB5 - 1a-b)
      6. Paraneoplastic retinopathy (CAR Syndrome) (IIB6 - 1-2b)
    3. Retinal (macular) involvement in SSPE (IIC - 1-3)
    4. Multifocal placoid epitheliopathy (IID - 1a-b)
  3. Occlusive Vascular Disease
    1. Retinal signs of atheromatous embolization (IIIA- 1-19d)
    2. Slow flow (chronic hypoxic) retinopathy (IIIB - 1-5)
    3. Calcific retinal emboli (IIIC - 1-9)
    4. Cerebroretinal microangiopathy (Susac Syndrome) (IIID- 1-8)
    5. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) (IIIE - 1a-e)


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