Optic Nerve Diseases

Synonyms

Cranial Nerve II Diseases

Cranial Nerve II Disorder

Disk Disorder, Optic

Disk Disorders, Optic

Foster Kennedy Syndrome

Foster-Kennedy Syndrome

Lesion, Neural-Optical

Lesions, Neural-Optical

Neural Optical Lesion

Neural-Optical Lesion

Neural-Optical Lesions

Neuropathies, Optic

Neuropathy, Optic

Optic Disk Disorder

Optic Disk Disorders

Optic Nerve Disease

Optic Neuropathies

Optic Neuropathy

Second Cranial Nerve Diseases

Syndrome, Foster-Kennedy

Conditions which produce injury or dysfunction of the second cranial or optic nerve, which is generally considered a component of the central nervous system. Damage to optic nerve fibers may occur at or near their origin in the retina, at the optic disk, or in the nerve, optic chiasm, optic tract, or lateral geniculate nuclei. Clinical manifestations may include decreased visual acuity and contrast sensitivity, impaired color vision, and an afferent pupillary defect.