Optic nerve sheath distention in Leber's optic neuropathy and the significance of the "Wallace mutation".

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We recently encountered a 27-year-old man who presented an atypical clinical picture of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy: His family history was negative, visual loss continued steadily for over 8 months, circumpapillary microangiopathy was equivocal, the optic discs showed large physiologic cups, and both optic nerve sheaths were notably distended with increased subarachnoid fluid. The latter was confirmed by...

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