title: [Periphlebitis retinae ("Rucker")--a symptom of disseminated encephalomyelitis].
abstract: Within a group of neuro-ophthalmic patients (147 patients with either florid or cured optic neuritis (ON), five (3.4%) were found to be suffering from retinal periphlebitis "Rucker". Of these five patients, three were also suffering from Encephalomyelitis disseminata (E.d.). One patient had ON without E.d.; in another there were sufficient grounds for a tentative diagnosis of ON during the follow-up period. The relatively low percentage of patients with retinal periphlebitis associated with a basic demyelinating condition can be attributed primarily to the fact that the group of patients examined consisted of neuro-ophthalmic patients in most of whom the basic disease manifested itself for the first time. The multi-focal processes involved in demyelinating diseases become apparent through inflammatory focuses with varying degrees of activity, often in the same eye.
authors.affiliation: Univ.-Augenklinik Tübingen, Abt. Allgemeine Augenheilkunde mit Poliklinik.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Steuhl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trauzettel-Klosinski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000150:complications*; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000209:etiology*; D012169:Retinal Vein; D012173:Retinitis / Q000209:etiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields
vernacular_title: Die Periphlebitis retinae ("Rucker")-ein Symptom der Encephalomyelitis disseminata.