A 15yearold boy suffered from blunt trauma to the left eyebrow (Figure 1A arrow). Three hours after the trauma, he had a visual acuity (VA) of no light perception (NLP) in the left eye. Relative afferent pupillary defect was positive in the left eye. The intraocular pressure of each eye was 15 mm Hg. Anterior segment examination results were unremarkable. Funduscopic examination results were no...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the treatment of indirect traumatic optic neuropathy (ITON). ITON is defined as traumatic loss of vision that occurs without external or initial ophthalmoscopic evidence of injury to the eye or its nerve. The optimal management of ITON remains controversial. History, clinical findings and treatment of two cases of ITON with high-dose corticosteroids are desc...

conclusions although toxoplasmosis nr is rare, it should be considered in the differential diagnoses of nr. case presentation a 13-year-old girl presented with painless subacute visual loss in her right eye for a week at khatam-al-anbia eye hospital in mashhad, iran. following comprehensive evaluation, a diagnosis of toxoplasmic nr was made. the nr favorably responded to classic anti-toxoplasmo...

OBJECTIVE To identify whether facial fracture repair in patients with traumatic optic neuropathy results in visual deterioration. DESIGN A retrospective analysis was performed of all patients admitted from 1992 through 1997 with the diagnosis of facial fracture and traumatic optic neuropathy. Vision was recorded before and after fracture repair using logarithm of the minimum angle of resoluti...