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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
#an inflammatory, demyelinating condition highly associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). | |||
#presenting feature of MS in 15 to 20 percent of patients and occurs in 50 percent at some time during the course of their illness | |||
==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
#acute, usually monocular, visual loss-usually monocular (90%)-vision loss (over hours to days; peaking within 1-2 wks)-eye pain (92%), often worsened with eye movement-afferent pupillary defect-visual field defect (typically central scotoma)-papillitis (33%) with hyperemia and swelling of the disk, blurring of disk margins, and distended veins-photopsias (30%) (flickering or flashes of light) often precipitated with eye movement-loss of color of vision out of proportion to the loss of visual acuity is specific | |||
==Work-Up== | |||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Neuro: Multiple Scleritis | Neuro: Multiple Scleritis | ||
==Source== | ==Source== | ||
KajiQuestions | KajiQuestions | ||
[[Category:Ophtho]] | [[Category:Ophtho]] | ||
Revision as of 05:41, 13 March 2011
Background
- an inflammatory, demyelinating condition highly associated with multiple sclerosis (MS).
- presenting feature of MS in 15 to 20 percent of patients and occurs in 50 percent at some time during the course of their illness
Diagnosis
- acute, usually monocular, visual loss-usually monocular (90%)-vision loss (over hours to days; peaking within 1-2 wks)-eye pain (92%), often worsened with eye movement-afferent pupillary defect-visual field defect (typically central scotoma)-papillitis (33%) with hyperemia and swelling of the disk, blurring of disk margins, and distended veins-photopsias (30%) (flickering or flashes of light) often precipitated with eye movement-loss of color of vision out of proportion to the loss of visual acuity is specific
Work-Up
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DDx
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Treatment
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Disposition
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See Also
Neuro: Multiple Scleritis
Source
KajiQuestions