[The differential diagnosis of a prominent papilla nervi optici--the ophthalmoscopic and angiofluorographic aspects].

In the beginning, the paper presents an up-to-date of the theoretical concepts about the structure, vascularisation, ophthalmoscopical and angiographical appearance of the optic disc. The next part reveals the most important situations in which the optic disc become prominent, sustained by ophthalmoscopic and fluorescein angiographic images. The final part contains the practical conclusions.