Case Report May 03, 2023 May 03, 2023

Glaucoma-simulating cupping in a patient with periventricular leukomalacia: a clinical case report

DOI: 10.37039/1982.8551.20230020

ABSTRACT

Non-glaucomatous papillary cupping constitutes an important differential diagnosis in daily medical practice. There are patients diagnosed and treated as glaucoma, who do not present the disease and are part of the large group of non-glaucomatous optic neuropathies. This case emphasizes directing the diagnostic gaze to these “apparently glaucomatous” optic nerves through a case of periventricular leukomalacia. Patients with a history of prematurity, alterations in the cerebral white matter and presence of optic nerve excavations with normal intraocular pressures.