optic neuritis/edema

BACKGROUND Sudden visual loss and optic disc edema caused by optic neuritis (ON) is usually followed by significant visual recovery. However, little or no recovery occurs when the loss is caused by atypical ON, especially in patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO). Optic disc drusen (ODD) is a

OBJECTIVE To describe the ocular manifestations of interferon induced sarcoidosis. METHODS Observational case report. RESULTS A 42-year-old woman with hepatitis C developed papillitis and macular edema together with cutaneous lesions 3 months after starting interferon and ribavirin therapy. The

Acute experimental allergic optic neuritis was induced in 18 adult strain-13 guinea pigs. The animals were divided into three groups. The first group of six animals received intraperitoneal injections of saline, the second group received superoxide dismutase (SOD), and the third group received

BACKGROUND Microcystic macular edema (MME) and inner nuclear layer thickening (INL) were described in multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO) patients using optical coherence tomography (OCT). The cause of these findings is currently unknown and a relation to inflammatory or

A 43-year-old woman presented with painful visual loss and optic disk edema in the right eye (OD) diagnosed as optic neuritis. Initial non-gadolinium-enhanced fat suppressed cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was normal. Three months later, the disk edema persisted and a gadolinium-enhanced

Purpose: To evaluate the etiology and clinical presentation of cases with optic disc edema presenting to a tertiary eye center of Nepal. Background: The etiology of optic disc

UNASSIGNED The differential diagnosis of optic disc edema at the acute phase can be challenging. OCT angiography (OCTA) is a new technology allowing the visualization of the peripapillary vascular network and optic disc capillaries. The peripapillary network alterations of glaucoma and chronic

OBJECTIVE To study the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of patients with unilateral optic disc edema diagnosed in the emergency room (ER). METHODS Retrospective observational study of all cases of unilateral optic disc edema seen in the ophthalmology ER of Bordeaux University Hospital,

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the effect of optic disk edema on spontaneous venous pulsations (SVP) in patients without elevated intracranial pressure (ICP).Prospective, cross-sectional comparison in an institutional setting. METHODS Twenty consecutive patients with unilateral optic disk edema due to