bilaterally
On Both Sides
Plain-language definition
Affecting both eyes or both sides. Bilateral involvement of the optic nerve is more suggestive of NMO or MOGAD than of typical MS.
Where this term comes up
“…reading were initially attributed to astigmatism and treated with corrective glasses followed by bilateral LASIK surgery, before a neuro-ophthalmic examination revealed Parinaud syndrome caused by a large pineal…”
Publication · Astigmatoma: Pineal Germinoma Presenting as Parinaud Syndrome Initially Misdiagnosed as Astigmatism
“Often bilateral”
Condition · Optic Disc Drusen
“Orbital pseudotumor (bilateral)”
Finding · Proptosis (Exophthalmos)
- Category
- Clinical term
- Also written as
- bilateral
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