Bilateral Optic Neuritis Originating in a Single Chiasmal Lesion

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, March 1996, Volume 16, Issue 1
Date 1996-03
Language eng
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Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
ARK ark:/87278/s6t4704s
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 224766
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t4704s

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Title Bilateral Optic Neuritis Originating in a Single Chiasmal Lesion
Creator Soltau, JB; Hart, WM
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Abstract A case of bilateral retrobulbar optic neuritis with profound visual loss is described. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with fat-saturation suppression and gadolinium enhancement done 15 days after the onset of symptoms demonstrated bilateral posterior optic nerve disease in a pattern similar to that seen in previously reported cases. However, subsequent retrospective review of an MRI study done at a different hospital during the first week of disease demonstrated a single focus of gadolinium enhancement within the body of the chiasm. This observation suggests that bilateral demyelination of the posterior optic nerves may begin as a single focus of chiasmal disease that then spreads to involve the proximal portions of the optic nerves.
Subject Older people; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Optic Chiasm/pathology; Optic Chiasm/physiopathology; Optic Neuritis/pathology; Optic Neuritis/physiopathology; Visual Perception/physiology
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Format application/pdf
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 224747
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t4704s/224747