[Chronic relapsing inflammatory optic neuropathy (CRION) without detection of IgG-NMO antibodies].
Chronic relapsing inflammatory optic neuropathy is a disease that should be distinguished from demyelinating optic neuropathy (ON). Long-term immunosuppressive therapy is usually necessary and either an inflammatory granulomatous origin or a relationship with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is hypothesized. We report a 43-year-old man who suffered from several ON episodes affecting one eye or the other. These ON attacks completely disappeared with steroid therapy but relapsed after its withdrawal. IgG-NMO antibodies were negative.
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Servicio de Neurología, Hospitales Universitarios Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain. hperezdiaz@yahoo.es
Casado
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Uclés-Sánchez
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Saiz
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009471:Neuromyelitis Optica / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012008:Recurrence
D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D011241:Prednisone