title: Simultaneous occurrence of neuroretinitis and optic perineuritis in a single eye.
abstract: A 52-year-old woman presented with pain, decreased visual acuity, decreased color vision, and visual field loss in the OD. Fundus examination revealed optic disc edema and later a macular star figure consistent with neuroretinitis. Magnetic resonance imaging showed enhancement of the orbital optic nerve sheath and perineural fat suggestive of optic perineuritis. The patient was not treated. At 11 months, visual function and fundus examination had returned to normal. This unusual simultaneous occurrence of neuroretinitis and optic perineuritis suggests that these two entities may have a similar pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Wals
authors.forename: Husam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.forename: Szilard
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Langton
authors.forename: A John
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: Jeffrey G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Odel
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology; D012173:Retinitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors