BACKGROUND: To analyze the most common @entity558 that may mimic @entity1781 and to determine which most often lead to misdiagnosis when evaluated by a @entity726 specialist. METHODS: We reviewed the charts of consecutive @entity1 with @entity1781 caused by @entity558 screened in a single Eye Clinic within a period of 24  months. Within these enrolled @entity1 , we selected the eyes whose fundoscopic appearance could resemble @entity726 based in pre-defined criteria (vertical cup-to-disc ratio   >= 0.6, asymmetry of the cup-to-disc ratio   >= 0.2 between eyes, presence of localized retinal nerve fiber layer and/or neuroretinal rim defects, and disc @entity548 ). Then, color fundus photographs and Humphrey Visual Field tests (HVF) of these eyes were mixed with tests from 21 consecutive glaucomatous @entity1 (42 eyes with normal tension @entity726 ). These images were mixed randomly and a masked @entity726 specialist was asked to distinguish if each set of exams was from a @entity1 with @entity726 or with a @entity558 . RESULTS: Among the 101 eyes (68 @entity1 ) enrolled with @entity66 , 16 (15.8%) were classified as conditions that could @entity726 . The most common diagnoses were @entity1781 (25%), @entity1781 (18.7%) and @entity1781 (18.7%). Based on the analysis of fundus photographs and HVF tests, 25% of these were misdiagnosed as @entity726 (two @entity1781 and two congenital @entity1781 ). Conversely, 11.9% of the @entity16 were misdiagnosed as @entity74 . Overall, the @entity726 specialist correctly diagnosed 84.5% of the eyes. CONCLUSIONS: Some @entity74 can @entity726 . In our study, isquemic and compressive @entity1781 were the ones that most often did so. Almost one quarter of the eyes were misdiagnosed when evaluated by a @entity726 specialist, which can lead to inadequate management and influence the prognosis of these @entity1 .

Neurophthalmological conditions mimicking XXXX : analysis of the most common causes of misdiagnosis.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity558 :: ('MESH:C536528', 'Disease') :: ['neurophthalmological conditions', 'neurophthalmologic condition'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['neurophthalmological diseases'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['haemorrhages'] @entity16 :: ('MESH:D009422', 'Disease') :: ['glaucomatous neuropathies'] @entity726 :: ('MESH:D005901', 'Disease') :: ['mimic glaucoma', 'glaucoma'] @entity1781 :: ('MESH:D009901', 'Disease') :: ['ischemic optic neuropathies', 'ischemic optic neuropathy', 'compressive optic neuropathy', 'glaucomatous optic neuropathy', 'hereditary optic neuropathy', 'optic neuropathies', 'optic disc anomalies'] @entity74 :: ('MESH:D030342', 'Disease') :: ['neurophthalmological disorders']
@entity1781 :: (MESH:D009901,Disease) :: ['glaucomatous optic neuropathy']
