High-dose steroid therapy for idiopathic optic perineuritis: a case series
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>It has been reported that the prognosis of optic perineuritis may be poor when initiation of treatment is delayed. Here we report the successful treatment of three patients with idiopathic optic perineuritis, including two in whom...
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| author | Mimura Tatsuya Noma Hidetaka Tatsugawa Maria Funatsu Hideharu |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>It has been reported that the prognosis of optic perineuritis may be poor when initiation of treatment is delayed. Here we report the successful treatment of three patients with idiopathic optic perineuritis, including two in whom initiation of therapy was delayed.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>Three Japanese patients (two women aged 73 and 66 years, and one man aged 27 years) presented with loss of vision (for five months, several months, and two months respectively) and pain on eye movement in the third case only, and were diagnosed as having idiopathic optic perineuritis. Fat-suppressed T2-weighted magnetic resonance images showed high signal intensity areas around the affected optic nerves, suggesting the presence of optic perineuritis. Two patients received steroid pulse therapy and the third was given high-dose steroid therapy. The visual acuity improved in all three cases.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>High-dose steroid therapy may be effective for idiopathic perineuritis in patients without optic nerve atrophy, even if initial treatment (including moderate-dose steroids) has failed.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1230f04f0ca946a5affd241ac736a2ed2022-12-22T01:39:23ZengBMCJournal of Medical Case Reports1752-19472010-12-014140410.1186/1752-1947-4-404High-dose steroid therapy for idiopathic optic perineuritis: a case seriesMimura TatsuyaNoma HidetakaTatsugawa MariaFunatsu Hideharu<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>It has been reported that the prognosis of optic perineuritis may be poor when initiation of treatment is delayed. Here we report the successful treatment of three patients with idiopathic optic perineuritis, including two in whom initiation of therapy was delayed.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>Three Japanese patients (two women aged 73 and 66 years, and one man aged 27 years) presented with loss of vision (for five months, several months, and two months respectively) and pain on eye movement in the third case only, and were diagnosed as having idiopathic optic perineuritis. Fat-suppressed T2-weighted magnetic resonance images showed high signal intensity areas around the affected optic nerves, suggesting the presence of optic perineuritis. Two patients received steroid pulse therapy and the third was given high-dose steroid therapy. The visual acuity improved in all three cases.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>High-dose steroid therapy may be effective for idiopathic perineuritis in patients without optic nerve atrophy, even if initial treatment (including moderate-dose steroids) has failed.</p>http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/4/1/404 |
| spellingShingle | Mimura Tatsuya Noma Hidetaka Tatsugawa Maria Funatsu Hideharu High-dose steroid therapy for idiopathic optic perineuritis: a case series Journal of Medical Case Reports |
| title | High-dose steroid therapy for idiopathic optic perineuritis: a case series |
| title_full | High-dose steroid therapy for idiopathic optic perineuritis: a case series |
| title_fullStr | High-dose steroid therapy for idiopathic optic perineuritis: a case series |
| title_full_unstemmed | High-dose steroid therapy for idiopathic optic perineuritis: a case series |
| title_short | High-dose steroid therapy for idiopathic optic perineuritis: a case series |
| title_sort | high dose steroid therapy for idiopathic optic perineuritis a case series |
| url | http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/4/1/404 |
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