P46: Optic Neuritis as the First Manifestation of the Primary Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy as the presenting manifestation of primary antiphospholipid syndrome

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by vascular thrombosis or pregnancy morbidity. Ocular involvement in APS includes a broad spectrum of manifestations involving anterior and posterior segment or the presence of neuroophthalmologic features. Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is a very rare finding, and in this report a case having NAION...

Acute adrenal failure secondary to bilateral infarction of the adrenal glands as the first manifestation of primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.

Adrenal insuYciency is an uncommon, life threatening complication of the primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (PAPS), secondary to either adrenal haemorrhage or infarction. Adrenal failure more often follows other PAPS thromboembolic manifestations, and has to be clearly diVerentiated from other PAPS abdominal emergencies, including mesenteric and hepatic infarction. 3–5 The pathological ...

Acute renal failure as first clinical manifestation of the primary antiphospholipid syndrome.

Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy as first manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome in a young patient.

CASE REPORT We report the case of a young patient with unilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, with no known cardiovascular risk factors and visual acuity preserved with positive anticardiolipin antibodies as a unique find. DISCUSSION Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in the context of antiphospholipid syndrome is an uncommon finding, but it must be considered in the dia...

optic neuritis as the first attack of multiple sclerosis

purpose: to determine the clinical and paraclinical features of multiple sclerosis (ms) in patients presenting for the first time with optic neuritis. methods:  in this descriptive study, 35 patients with clinical evidence of optic neuritis were enrolled. our evaluation included a neurological examination, visual evoked potentials (vep), brainstem-auditory evoked potentials (baep), and brain mr...

Optic neuritis as onset manifestation of multiple sclerosis A single center study in North of Iran

 Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory and demyelinating disease of central nervous system (CNS). The aim of the present study was to determine the type and the frequency of initial presenting symptoms in patients with MS and their relation with demographic characteristics in Babol, northern Iran. Methods: All patients of this study were recruited over a ten year period fr...