PURPOSE Optical coherence tomography (OCT) shows retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickening in optic nerve head (ONH) swelling, but does not provide information on acute axonal disruption. It was hypothesized that scanning laser polarimetry (SLP) compared with OCT might reveal the status of axon integrity and visual prognosis in acute RNFL swelling. METHODS Threshold perimetry, OCT, and SLP ...

Introduction: Chiari malformation type I (CM-I) is a condition characterized by an abnormal craniocervical transition whose main finding cerebellar tonsillar ectopia of > 5 mm below the foramen magnum. The clinical manifestations are occipital headache, truncal ataxia, corticospinal tract dysfunctions, and scoliosis.
 Objective: scope this article to report rare case papilledema visual ...

Abnormalities of function of the central nervous system that occur in association with severe pulmonary emphysema have been reported with increasing frequency. This trend may represent an increase in the actual incidence of severe emphysema but it also may reflect a better understanding of mechanisms involved and consequently a greater index of awareness by clinical observers. The paradoxical m...

A 69 year-old female presented with bilateral amaurosis, headache, fever (38oC) and dyspnea two days after a liposuction and abdominoplasty. A bilateral papilledema was observed in the clinical examination, without other neurological changes. Her ESR was 60mm/h and her platelet count was low (55.000mm3). Brain MRI revealed restriction of diffusion sequence in the right globus pallidus and both ...