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Twin and triple peaks papilledema.

Mehta JS, Plant GT, Acheson JF

Department of Neuro-ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom. jodmehta@gmail.com

PURPOSE: To describe 2 adult patients who presented with papilledema after band atrophy (i.e., twin and triple peaks papilledema). DESIGN: Retrospective small case series. PARTICIPANTS: Two outpatients. METHODS: Observations made on 2 patients whose cases were reviewed in the neuro-ophthalmology clinic. RESULTS: The first patient had a pituitary tumor presenting with papilledema, causing a triple peaks clinical sign. Color photographs, optical coherence tomograms, and magnetic resonance images are shown. The second patient developed twin peaks papilledema due to a chiasmal glioma causing secondary raised intracranial pressure. CONCLUSION: Twin peaks papilledema is a rare clinical sign that may develop in adults as well as in children. The first report and optical coherence tomography features of triple peaks papilledema illustrate a new clinical sign.

Published 4 July 2005 in Ophthalmology, 112(7): 1299-301.
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