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Can peripapillary atrophy cause blindness?
Yes
What is an icd-9 code for peripapillary atrophy?
363.50 = Hereditary choroidal dystrophy or atrophy, unspecified A more appropriate code may be 377.1 = Optic atrophy
What is Peripapillary atrophy bilaterally?
Atrophy in general is the death of the normal body tissue. Papillary is the optic disc in the eye. Perpapillary atrophy therefore is the dying of the retinal tissue immediately next to the optic disc. This can occur in a number of conditions such as glaucoma etc.
Shortening of the muscles that causes movement is called?
Atrophy
When a muscle is not used and it grows smaller that is called?
Disuse of a muscle causes atrophy, which is a shrinking of muscle fibers leading to weakness. With use, the atrophy can be reversed.
What causes epilepsy amd optic atrophy?
Optic Atrophy and Epilepsy are not connected. Optic Atrophy is usually due to damage to the optic nerve. Epilepsy is normally due to increased electrical activity in the brain.
What causes atrophy and thinning of bone owing to hormonal changes or inactivity?
osteoporosis
Prolonged inactivity causes muscles to shrink in mass a condition called?
Disuse Atrophy
What is paraspinous atrophy?
Atrophy is the reduction in size and therefore strength of a muscle. This often occurs due to prolonged disuse or malnutrition, but several other causes are possible. Paraspinous atrophy simple refers to the loss of muscle mass in the area surrounding the spine.
What is a Sentence for atrophy?
She has a muscular atrophy.
What is bone atrophy?
Atrophy is the wearing away of an organ or tissue because of lack of use. Bone Atrophy, obviously, is atrophy of bones.
What is periventricular atrophy?
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