Optic neuritis is commonly associated with diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis, infections, taking special drugs, etc. but recently we have observed a patient that presented retro bulbar optic neuritis as a manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome. A 35 y/o young woman with the history of chickenpox admitted to the Qhaem hospital (Mashhad, Iran) with the c/o progressive pain and blurred visio...

The purpose of this investigation was to study and compare the electrophoretic patterns of optic lensproteins of different species of domestic animals at pre- and post-natal ages. Optic lenses were removed from the embryo or adult sheep, cattle, goat, camel and chicken at the slaughter-house then homogenized and subjected to sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). I...

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...

purpose: to present a case of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (hzo) with consequent posterior ischemic optic neuropathy (pion). case report: a 58-year-old woman with a history of hzo in her right eye which was under treatment presented with loss of vision to no light perception. on examination, positive relative afferent pupillary defect was detected; however the optic disc was normal on ophthalmosc...

purpose: to compare the effect of high dose intravenous corticosteroid therapy with placebo in the treatment of recent traumatic optic neuropathy (ton). methods: in a double masked-placebo controlled clinical trial, 31 eyes of 31 patients were randomly assigned into two groups. only patients with history of ophthalmic or head trauma within the past 7 days were included. unconscious patients, th...