What are the long term vision consequences when a person has an acute attack of optic neuritis, a sudden-onset eye disease of the nerves that carry visual signals to the brain? Are the consequences ...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) typically presents to ophthalmologists with one or more cranial nerve palsies. The fifth and sixth nerves are the most commonly affected. 1 Although ocular symptoms with ...

Optic neuritis is acute inflammation of the optic nerve. Optic nerve is the nerve connecting the eye to the brain. It carries the visual signals from the retina to the brain where it is received and ...

A 71-year-old man was referred by his usual ophthalmologist to the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at Tufts Medical Center for bilateral decreased vision associated with bilateral optic disc edema. His ...

To report the vision outcome following intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) as adjunctive therapy in four eyes of two patients with paraneoplastic autoimmune optic neuritis and vitreitis ...

Optical neuritis is the inflammation and demyelination of one or both eyes. It can be of three types, based on the part of eye, it affects- Papilitis, Neuroretinisis and RetroBulbar Neuritis.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dr. Golnik: My pleasure. Dr. Hovanesian: We are going to talk about optic neuritis, with emphasis on new ...

A 37-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a two-week history of blurred central vision in her left eye. She had 20/20 vision in her right eye but could count fingers only at 1.2 m ...

Dr. Bart K. Chwalisz: A 30-year-old woman was evaluated in the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at a hospital affiliated with this hospital because of monocular vision loss. Two months before the current ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Key Takeaways Early signs of multiple sclerosis (MS) can include blurry vision, muscle weakness, dizziness, and fatigue.Clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) is ...

Optic neuritis is a condition in which the optic nerve becomes inflamed and swollen, leading to an acute severe impairment of vision in the affected eye. The swelling may further lead to damage to the ...

Your optic nerve is important as it is essential to our sight. The optic nerve’s function is to transmit information that we see and what is formed on our retina ...