Paediatric optic neuritis: experience from a tertiary referral centre in Malaysia

Background: Optic neuritis typically presents with acute or subacute onset of mild profound blurring vision. There are very limited reports regarding optic in the paediatric population compared to adults from South Asian region. We report a series 7 cases neuritis.
 Methods: All aged less than 12 years old 2016 were studied retrospectively.
 Results: Out 44 patients neuritis, them age. The mean age was 9.9 years. had sudden vision loss (range 3/60 hand movement). Four bilateral involvement, all reduced colour Three underlying disseminated encephalomyelitis. treated high-dose intravenous corticosteroids. Five made full recovery, one patient partial and no visual recovery. Interestingly, none multiple sclerosis (MS) neuromyelitis optica (NMO) at time diagnosis.
 Conclusion: Prognosis is generally good for isolated neuritis. Outcome secondary ADEM depends on degree extent demyelination. A diagnosis chronic relapsing inflammatory neuropathy can be considered recurrent that steroid responsive. None our MS NMO during study period.