Update on Optic Neuritis: An International View
Previously, optic neuritis was thought to be typical, i.e. idiopathic or multiple sclerosis (MS) related, associated with a good visual prognosis, or atypical, i.e.
S. Hickman, A. Petzold
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Should Patients with Optic Neuritis Be Treated with Steroids? [PDF]
Purpose of review: Optic neuritis is the most common cause of optic neuropathy in young adults. High-dose intravenous corticosteroids (IVCS) were established as the standard of treatment for acute optic neuritis via the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial ...
Mackay, Devin D.
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Atypical optic neuritis – a case with a new surprise every visit
Demyelination is the most common cause of optic neuritis. Typical optic neuritis needs intravenous steroids followed by tapering dose oral steroids. Atypical optic neuritis entails clinical manifestations that deviate from the classic pattern of features.
Kaur, Kirandeep +2 more
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Low-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in 18 Dogs With Presumed Optic Neuritis
Canine optic neuritis has been attributed to a focal or disseminated form of granulomatous meningoencephalitis (GME) amongst other etiologies. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been proven to help differentiate the structures within the optic nerve ...
Laura Muñiz Moris +2 more
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Encephalitis followed by optic neuritis: a case report and review of literature [PDF]
Encephalitis has been included in the causes of optic neuritis, but post encephalitic optic neuritis has been rarely reported. Majority of the cases of optic neuritis are either idiopathic or associated with multiple sclerosis, especially in western ...
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Unilateral Optic Neuritis Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Rare Complication
Patient: Female, 21-year-old Final Diagnosis: Optic neuritis Symptoms: Vision changes Medication:— Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Infectious Diseases • Neurology Objective: Rare co-existance of disease or pathology Background: Since the outbreak of the
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Monitoring retinal changes with optical coherence tomography predicts neuronal loss in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. [PDF]
BACKGROUND:Retinal optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a clinical and research tool in multiple sclerosis, where it has shown significant retinal nerve fiber (RNFL) and ganglion cell (RGC) layer thinning, while postmortem studies have reported RGC loss.
Aktas, Orhan +18 more
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Optic Neuritis in a Child With COVID-19: A Rare Association
The recent coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused significant mortality and morbidity, affecting patients of all ages. COVID-19 affects various tissues and systems in the body, including the central and peripheral nervous systems ...
Yusuf Parvez, Fatma J Alzarooni, F. Khan
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Prefoveal floaters as a differential diagnosis to optic neuritis: "mouches dormantes" [PDF]
This case series describes a new optical coherence tomography (OCT) specific observation relevant to the differential diagnosis of patients with suspected optic neuritis.
Burggraaff, MC +2 more
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Masquerading optic neuritis [PDF]
A 54-year-old woman presented to the ophthalmology emergency department with a 10-day history of blurred vision. The best-corrected visual acuities and Ishihara colour vision were bilaterally reduced with a left relative afferent pupillary defect. Slit-lamp examination was otherwise normal.
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