title: Bilateral visual loss in a child with disc swelling.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Hedges
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010211:Papilledema / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids