Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2016 Jun 14;188(9):E199.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.150811. Epub 2015 Nov 23.

Acute optic neuritis in multiple sclerosis

Brian Garrett  1 , Adam A Dmytriw  2 , Charles Maxner  1
Affiliations
Case Reports

Acute optic neuritis in multiple sclerosis

Brian Garrett et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
(A) Gadolinium-enhanced, fat-suppressed, T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) scan showing mild thickening and abnormal enhancement (arrow) throughout the left optic nerve in a 37-year-old woman with visual loss in her left eye. (B) Sagittal T2-weighted FLAIR (fluid attenuated inversion recovery) MR scan, in which cerebrospinal fluid appears dark and areas of brain inflammation or demyelination appear high in signal, as shown in periventricular white matter (arrows).
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Atkins EJ, Biousse V, Newman J. The natural history of optic neuritis. Rev Neurol Dis 2006;3:45–56. - PubMed
    1. Torres-Torres R, Sanchez-Dalmau B. Treatment of acute optic neuritis and vision complaints in multiple sclerosis. Curr Treat Options Neurol 2015;17:328. - PubMed
    1. Hoorbakht H, Bagherkashi F. Optic neuritis, its differential diagnosis and management. Open Ophthalmol J 2012;6:65–72. - PMC - PubMed

Publication types