title: "Optic neuritis": a masquerading disease.
abstract: Optic neuritis is a clinical entity with specific characteristics. Many disease can be associated with the symptomatology. We retrospectively selected the files of 16 persons out of 60 optic neuritis patients. Selection was based on the detection of a non-common etiology. As underlying etiology for "optic neuritis" we found e.g.: histiocytosis, intracerebral aneurysm, spongioblastoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, K.U. Leuven.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buyck
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Van Looveren
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dralands
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D058609:Visual Field Tests