Bilateral visual loss in a child with disc swelling

Surv Ophthalmol. 1992 May-Jun;36(6):424-8. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6257(05)80023-2.

Abstract

A nine-year-old girl developed periorbital pain followed by sequential visual loss over a 3-day period. The patient recovered vision to a 20/40 level over a 5-month period of time. The differential diagnosis and evaluation in this presentation is discussed. The patient is believed to have had an idiopathic or parainfectious optic neuritis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Blindness / drug therapy
  • Blindness / etiology*
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Optic Neuritis / complications
  • Optic Neuritis / diagnosis*
  • Optic Neuritis / drug therapy
  • Orbital Diseases / etiology
  • Pain / etiology
  • Papilledema / drug therapy
  • Papilledema / etiology*
  • Visual Acuity
  • Visual Fields

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids