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