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Anatomic and Functional Effects of Systemic Corticosteroids for Treating Toxic Optic Neuropathy Due to Methanol Intoxication

İstanbul Medical Journal, 2022
Introduction:The aim of this study was to examine the anatomical and functional effects of high-dose intravenous steroids for toxic optic neuropathy due to methanol intoxication.Methods:In this retrospective study, we demonstrated six cases of toxic ...
Pınar Sultan, Hülya Güngel, Furkan Çiftci   +2 more
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Ethambutol toxicity: Expert panel consensus for the primary prevention, diagnosis and management of ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021
Ethambutol use may lead to permanent vision loss by inducing a dose- and duration-dependent optic neuropathy. This has been of concern to ophthalmologists and physicians both; however, ethambutol continues to be used because of its anti-mycobacterial ...
Rohit Saxena, Digvijay Singh, Swati Phuljhele, V Kalaiselvan, Satya Karna, Rashmin Gandhi, Anupam Prakash, Rakesh Lodha, Anant Mohan, Vimla Menon, Rajeev Garg   +10 more
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Association of the mtDNA m.4171C>A/MT-ND1 mutation with both optic neuropathy and bilateral brainstem lesions [PDF]

, 2014
Background: An increasing number of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations, mainly in complex I genes, have been associated with variably overlapping phenotypes of Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with stroke ...
Cristina Scaduto, Tonon C, Caporali L, NASSETTI, STEFANIA-ALESSANDRA, Daniela Brunetto, Nassetti, Stefania, Raffaele Lodi, Tonon, Caterina, Francesco Toni, Stipa C, Carelli V., D. Brunetto, Antonio Torroni, A. Torroni, Caterina Tonon, Leonardo Caporali, F. Gandini, Chiara La Morgia, Toni, Francesco, Toni F, Nassetti S, Lodi R, Brunetto D, Anna Olivieri, Francesca Gandini, La Morgia C, Brunetto, Daniela, Parmeggiani, Antonia, Carlotta Stipa, Gandini, Francesca, Scaduto C, C. Scaduto, Stefania Nassetti, Valerio Carelli, Stipa, Carlotta, Carelli, Valerio, Scaduto, Cristina, Lodi, Raffaele, La Morgia, Chiara, Antonia Parmeggiani, Caporali, Leonardo, Torroni, Antonio, Olivieri, Anna, A. Olivieri, Parmeggiani A   +44 more
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Oxidative Stress in Optic Neuropathies

Antioxidants, 2021
Increasing evidence indicates that changes in the redox system may contribute to the pathogenesis of multiple optic neuropathies. Optic neuropathies are characterized by the neurodegeneration of the inner-most retinal neurons, the retinal ganglion cells (
Berta Sanz-Morello, Hamid Ahmadi, Rupali Vohra, Sarkis Saruhanian, Kristine Karla Freude, Steffen Hamann, Miriam Kolko   +6 more
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Reversible ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy: report of a rare case

Universa Medicina, 2022
Background Ethambutol (EMB) is one of the first-line anti-tuberculosis therapy. One of its precarious side effects is ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy (EON).
Syntia Nusanti, Rasyidia Laksmita Putri, Dearaini Dearaini   +2 more
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Uraemic optic neuropathy – a rare presentation of uraemia

African Journal of Nephrology, 2018
Uraemic optic neuropathy (UON) is an acute but reversible loss of vision in patients with end-stage renal failure. Hypoperfusion of the posterior ciliary arteries, the major blood supply to the optic nerve head, results in ischaemic injury to the nerve ...
Adaobi Uzoamaka Solarin, Adetola M Adesanya, Moturayo Adekunle, Alaba Oladimeji, Olusegun Henry Gbelee, Barakat Adeola Animashaun   +5 more
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Ethambutol induced toxic optic neuropathy in HIV positive patients [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013
AIM:To determine whether HIV and the use of antiretroviral therapy is a risk factor for the development of ethambutol toxic optic neuropathy. To describe the clinical course of ethambutol toxic optic neuropathy in patients with HIV and to identify ...
Hamzah Mustak, Graeme Rogers, Colin Cook
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Bitemporal peripapillary hemorrhages: Toxic-ischemic optic neuropathy caused by ethanol and cocaine abuse

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2022
A 36-year-old man presented complaining of bilateral painless vision loss. He was admitted with chronic ethanol abuse, as well as sporadic cocaine consumption three days before symptom onset.
R. Burggraaf-Sánchez de las Matas, M.L. Sandino-Pérez   +1 more
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SPECTRUM OF OPTIC NEUROPATHIES PRESENTING IN NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY CLINIC AT AFIO

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: To study the spectrum of optic neuropathies in patient’s presenting at AFIO Rawalpindi. Study Design: Descriptive study/retrospective study.
Umer Ijaz, Asad Habib, Hassan Sajjad Rathore, Muhammad Imran Sarwar Khan   +3 more
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Oxidative Stress in Antibiotic Toxic Optic Neuropathy Mimicking Acute LHON in a Patient with Exacerbation of Cystic Fibrosis

Stresses, 2023
The striking similarity of disc edema without leakage on fluorescein angiography, which is pathognomonic of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), was present in a patient with cystic fibrosis with antibiotic toxic optic neuropathy.
Lea Kovač, Marija Volk, Maja Šuštar Habjan, Marko Hawlina   +3 more
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