A case report evaluates blind spot enlargement in a child, revealing a rare ocular condition.
An otherwise healthy 12‐year‐old boy was evaluated for an enlarged blind spot in his left eye. Neither optic nerve edema/neuritis nor a retrobulbar mass explained this finding. Consultation with a neuro‐ophthalmologist over a period of 14 months resulted in a diagnosis of acute, idiopathic blind spot enlargement syndrome, a rare and poorly understood ocular condition. To the author's knowledge, this is the youngest case ever reported.
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