BACKGROUND The purpose of this brief communication is to alert ophthalmologists that optic neuropathy may herald acute retinal necrosis (ARN). CASE A previously healthy 54-year-old man exhibited optic neuropathy as an initial presentation of ARN, 8 weeks after varicella-zoster dermatitis. OBSERVATIONS Central retinal vascular obstruction developed subsequently in his left eye. Later, the cl...

In this issue of the Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology, a review article on traumatic optic neuropathy by Dr Patrick Yu-Wai-Man1 is included. The article reviews the clinical features and current evidence of treatment for traumatic optic neuropathy. The controversy surrounding the use of steroid in the management of traumatic optic neuropathy has been a matter of debate over a long period. Dr Pat...

OBJECTIVE To present a case with nonalcoholic Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) developing astasia and optic neuropathy as major sequelae. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 47-year-old woman developed WE following operation for pyloric stenosis. She received total parenteral nutrition before and after operation, but on the second postoperative day she developed visual hallucination and co...

UNLABELLED We present a case as a rare sign of traumatic optic neuropathy and central retinal artery occlusion following blunt ocular trauma. A 10-year-old child suffered complete loss of the vision of one eye following a blunt ocular injury. He sustained an occlusion of the central retinal artery and traumatic optic neurupathy of the affected eye. Isolated cases of central retinal vessel occlu...

Purpose. To report on a patient with compressive optic neuropathy secondary to an Onodi cell mucocele, who fully recovered visual function following surgery. Method. Case report. Results. A 28-year-old male was admitted with a right visual acuity of 20/100 following treatment for an initial diagnosis of optic neuritis. Subsequent examination suggested compressive optic neuropathy, and neuroimag...

BACKGROUND Nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy affects the anterior portion of the optic nerve and is characterized by sudden, painless visual loss. The affected eye has a relative afferent pupillary defect. The typical funduscopic appearance includes optic disc edema, with associated nerve fiber layer hemorrhage. Risk factors include advanced age, systemic hypertension, nocturnal hypotensio...