title: Visual recovery from radiation-induced optic neuropathy. The role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
abstract: Optic neuropathy resulting in permanent visual loss is an infrequent delayed complication of radiation therapy. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) has been used to treat such a complication, but its efficacy is controversial. We report a patient who presented with radiation-induced optic neuropathy 17 months after irradiation for a left maxillary antrum melanoma. HBO fully reversed visual loss in the more recently involved eye, and slightly improved vision in the earlier affected eye.
authors.affiliation: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit, University of Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Borruat
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Schatz
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Feun
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matos
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008545:Melanoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields