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RETROBULBAR NEURITIS
PAPILLITIS
NEURORETINITIS
ACCORDING TO ETIOLOGY
DEMYELINATING
PARAINFECTIOUS
INFECTIOUS
NON INFECTIOUS
ACCORDING TO OPHTHALMOSCOPIC APPEARANCE
2. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Most common demyelinating disease
Followed by
TRANSVERSE MYELITIS
4. SCHILDER DISEASE
● Rare
● Progressive
● Autoimmune
● Onset <10 years of age, death in 1-2 years
● BILATERAL OPTIC NEURITIS WITHOUT SUBSEQUENT IMPROVEMENT
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
HLA DR15
HLA DQ6
COURSE AND PROGNOSIS
Brainstem Diplopia
Nystagmus
Dysarthria
Dysphagia
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Cerebral Hemiparesis
Hemianopia
Dysphasia
● Treatment may speed up recovery by 2-3 weeks and delay the onset of
clinical MS
Followed by
● MULTIDICIPLINARY APPROACH
1. SINUS RELATED
Benign lymphoreticulosis
Organism : BARTONELLA HENSELAE
Neuroretinitis
3. SYPHILIS
As edema resolves
INVESTIGATION
1. OCT - Subretinal and intraretinal fluid
2. FA - diffuse leakage from superficial disc vessels
3. Serology : Bartonella
TREATMENT
Specific to cause --- antibiotics
Recurrent idiopathic : steroids/ immunosuppressants
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