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William F. Hoyt, MDThe William F. Hoyt Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection is best known for Dr. Hoyt’s world-renowned neuro-ophthalmology unit based at the University of California, San Francisco, where William Hoyt, MD collected more than 850 of his best images covering a wide range of disorders.

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Collection

Papilledema

  1. Unilateral papilledema
  2. Pseudo tumor cerebri (Various causes)
  3. Brain tumor choke
  4. Papilledema complications

Pseudo-Papilledema

  1. Congenital blurred disc
  2. Buried drusen
  3. Exposed drusen
  4. Drusen complications

Disc swelling from local and systemic causes

  1. Ocularcauses
    1. Ocularhypotension
    2. Big Blind Spot syndrome
    3. Chorioretinal disease
    4. Vitreous effects
    5. Pre-ischemic papillopathies
  2. Ischemic papillopathies
    1. Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION)
    2. Diabetic papillopathy
    3. Giant cell
    4. Radiation papillopathy
  3. Inflammatory papillopathies
    1. Papillitis/Retrobolbar neuritis
    2. Papillitis with macular star (Cat scratch disease)
    3. Nodular papillopathies (sarcoid)
    4. Leutic papillopathies
  4. Vascular papillopathy
    1. Disc edema with systemic Lupus
    2. Disc edema with systemic Hypertension
  5. Disc swelling with central retinal vein occlusion
  6. Neoplastic papillopathy
    1. Metastatic papillopathy
    2. Disc swelling from optic nerve sheaths
      1. Meningioma of the optic nerve sheaths
      2. Gliomas of the optic nerve
      3. Pigment epithelial hamartoma of optic disc
  7. Traumatic papillopathy
    1. Evulsion of the optic disc
    2. Purtchers traumatic retinopathy
    3. Vitreopapillary evulsion (traumatic AION)

Congenital Anomalies of the Optic Disc

  1. Hypoplasias
  2. Panhypoplasia
  3. Dysplasia with hypoplasia
  4. Segmental hypoplasias
    1. Retinal/optic disc hypoplasias
      1. Congenital toxo
      2. Tilted
      3. Nasal hypoplasia
    2. Superior segmental hypoplasia
    3. Inferior segmental hypoplasia
    4. Chiasmal hemioptic hypoplasia
    5. Occipital hemioptic hypoplasia
  5. Vascolar Disc Anomalies
    1. Arterial Anomalies
      1. All cilioretinal discs
      2. Prepapillary arterial loops
      3. Prepapillary arterial convolutions
      4. Retinal arteriovenous malformations
    2. Venous Anomalies
      1. Exit anomalies
        1. Edge veins (Veins of Kraupa)
        2. Choriovaginal veins
      2. Prepapillary venous convolutions
        1. Congenital
        2. Acquired
      3. Congenital venous tortuosity
  6. Cavitary Anomalies
    1. Pits of the optic disc
    2. Morning Glory disc
    3. Empty discs (Coloboma-like)
  7. Anomalous Pale Disc
    1. Macro discs

Optic Atrophy

  1. Special Features
    1. Atrophy with optocilliary veins
    2. Atrophy with focally narrowed retinal arterioles
      1. Post ischemic (AION) cupless atrophy
      2. Post radiation papillopathy
    3. Atrophy with diffuse narrowed retinal arterioles
      1. Old central retinal artery occlusion with and without additional retinovascolar signs
      2. Retinal pigmentary degeneration (sine pigmentosa)
      3. Quinine toxicity
    4. Atrophy with arteriolar sheathing, gliosis and pseudodrusen
    5. Atrophy with peripapillary microangiopathy
    6. Atrophy with cupping
      1. Low tension glaucoma, and glaucoma with wedge and sector defects in the RNFL
      2. Temporal cupping with dominant hereditary optic atrophy
      3. Post giant cell arteritis ischemic papillopathy (See section on Ischemic Papillopathies – Disc Swelling)
      4. Atrophy with congenital anomalies
  2. Retrobulbar causes
    1. Severe atrophy
      1. Diffuse atrophy
      2. Segmental atrophy
        1. Temporal atrophy
        2. Altitudinal atrophy
        3. Hemianopic (band) atrophy; optic tract atrophy
    2. Incipient atrophy
      1. Normal peripapillary nerve fiber layer
      2. Multiple sclerosis slits and thinning in the peripapillary nerve fiber layer
  3. Incipient Optic Atrophy in Ocular Hypertension

Retinocerebral Diseases

  1. The Phakomatoses
    1. Arteriovenous malformations
    2. Sturge-Weber syndrome
    3. Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
    4. Tuberous sclerosis
    5. Neurofibromatosis – 1
    6. Neurofibromatosis – 2
  2. Metabolic, Degenerative and Inflammatory Disorders
    1. Cherry red spots
    2. Pigmentary retinopathy
      1. Hereditary cerebellar degenerations
      2. Hereditary cerebellar macular degenerative disease
      3. Spastic paraplegia
      4. Hereditary peripheral neuropathy
      5. External ophthalmoplegia
      6. Paraneoplastic retinopathy
    3. Retinal Subacute Sclerosing Pan Encephalopathy (SSPE)
    4. Multifocal placoid epitheliopathy
  3. Occlusive Vascular Disease
    1. Atheromatous embolization
    2. Slow flow retinopathy
    3. Calcific retinal emboli
    4. Cerebroretinal microangiopathy (Susac Syndrome)
    5. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum

Career

William F. Hoyt, MD

Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology
Neurology and Neurosurgery
Department of Ophthalmology
Univeristy of California, Sanfrancisco

Interview with William F. Hoyt (PDF)

Links of Interest
Articles in PubMed
The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery – Ophthalmology Hall of Fame

Catalog


(25 of 856 query results found)
[#] Thumbnail Image Title Date Setname Type
1 A101 Disc Swelling due to Intraocular Hypotension 1993 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
2 A201 Disc Swelling with Big Blind Spot Syndrome 1977 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
3 A202 Disc Swelling with Big Blind Spot Syndrome 1983 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
4 A203 Disc Swelling with Big Blind Spot Syndrome 1980 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
5 A301a Disc Swelling, Chorioretinal Disease 1969 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
6 A302b Disc Swelling, Chorioretinal Disease 1969 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
7 A303 Disc Swelling, Chorioretinal Disease 1978 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
8 A401Disc Swelling, Vitreous Effects 1980 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
9 A402a Disc Swelling, Vitreous Effects 1988 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
10 A403b Disc Swelling, Vitreous Effects 1988 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
11 A404 Disc Swelling, Vitreous Effects 1978 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
12 A405 Disc Swelling, Vitreous Effects 1992 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
13 A406 Disc Swelling, Vitreous Effects 1991 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
14 A407 Disc Swelling, Vitreous Effects 1978 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
15 A408 Disc Swelling, Vitreous Effects 1991 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
16 A501 Disc Swelling, Pre-Ischemic Swelling 1986-10-08 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
17 A502 Disc Swelling, Pre-Ischemic Swelling 1986-10-16 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
18 A503 Disc Swelling, Pre-Ischemic Swelling 1983-03-22 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
19 A504 Disc Swelling, Pre-Ischemic Swelling 1983-07-07 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
20 B101 Disc Swelling, Ischemic Papillopathies, AION 1969 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
21 B102 Disc Swelling, Ischemic Papillopathies, AION 1978-03-02 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
22 B103 Disc Swelling, Ischemic Papillopathies, AION 1970 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
23 B104 Disc Swelling, Ischemic Papillopathies, AION 1970 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
24 B105 Disc Swelling, Ischemic Papillopathies, AION 1985 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image
25 B106 Disc Swelling, Ischemic Papillopathies, AION 1983 NOVEL - William F. Hoyt Collection Image

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William F. Hoyt, MD

William F. Hoyt, MD Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology Neurology and Neurosurgery Department of Ophthalmology Univeristy of California, San Francisco

DOD: 2019/03/20