Optic nerve damaged in patients with fibromyalgia

Optic nerve ischemia: optic nerve sheath decompression alone or with optic nerve decompression.

Optic nerve projections in patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia.

PURPOSE Recently, it has been suggested that misprojections of the temporal retina to the contralateral hemisphere might not be specific for patients with albinism and might also be associated with the Kartagener syndrome (i.e., with situs inversus totalis in the presence of primary ciliary dyskinesia [PCD]). The authors tested whether such projection abnormalities are associated with PCD and s...

Severe visual field alterations in patients with optic nerve drusen.

6. Olivan Ballabriga AS, Agudo Pascual O, Agorreta Ruiz J, Pinillos Echevarriá MA, Etxebarriá Lus M, Moros Borgoñoń MA, et al. La patología infecciosa en el servicio de urgencias de un hospital terciario. Emergencias. 1998;10 Suppl. 1:S22—5. 7. Grupo para el Estudio de la Infección en Urgencias. Estudio epidemiológico de las infecciones en el Área de Urgencias. Emergencias. 2000;12:80—90. 8. Ng...

Optic nerve appearance in patients with Down syndrome.

To the Editors: Children with Down syndrome (DS) are commonly seen by pediatric ophthalmologists because signifi cant ocular conditions are associated with the disorder.1 The presence of optic nerve anomalies has been noted in various small case series on children with DS.2,3 We sought to determine the prevalence and character of optic nerve abnormalities among patients with DS in a large pedia...

Optic nerve sheath meningiomas in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2.

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of optic nerve sheath meningiomas (ONSMs) in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). METHODS An observational retrospective case series of 30 consecutive patients with NF2 referred to an academic ophthalmology unit from November 1, 1991, through August 31, 2003. Twenty-six patients were followed up for a mean of 93 months (range, 3-150 months). One ...