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Book 20161st editionhrough the quantification of axonal loss. Detailed information is provided on the role of OCT as a promising tool for the evaluation of disease progression in numerous neurodegenerative disorders and as a biological marker of neuroaxonal injury. The disorders considered include multiple sclerosis, P

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Optical Coherence Tomography and Optic Nerve Edema,ful in predicting visual outcomes. Finally, OCT has also proven to be a reliable tool in assisting clinicians in differentiating between cases of frank papilledema and pseudopapilledema, such that occurs in optic nerve head drusen, vitreopapillary traction, Bergmeister papilla, and myelinated nerve fiber layer.

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OCT and Compressive Optic Neuropathy,also be of help in estimating the possibility of visual improvement in such conditions. In this chapter we discuss the main use of OCT in compressive optic neuropathies including primary optic nerve tumors, extrinsic optic nerve compression by tumors or other orbital lesions and the important group of diseases causing chiasmal compression.