Neuroretinitis is one of the forms of optic neuritis characterized by swelling of optic nerve head and adjoining retinal nerve fiber layer resulting in a macular star configuration. The underlying pathophysiology involves increased permeability of disc vasculature, but the etiology is not fully defined. Neuroretinitis may occur due to an infectious process involving the disc, a postviral or aut...

cal syndrome characterized by abrupt visual loss, optic nerve swelling, and a macular star exudate. It is usually unilateral. Originally referred to as “Leber’s idiopathic stellate neuroretinitis,” it is now known that this syndrome is caused by a variety of infectious causes. Since the advent of accurate serologic testing it has become recognized that B henselae, the causative agent of catscra...

PURPOSE To describe the evolution of a series of cases of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis (DUSN) treated with albendazole. METHODS Interventional case series. The authors developed a non-randomized clinical trial protocol to investigate the clinical evolution of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis cases treated with albendazole. According to protocol criteria up to now, six ...

Cat scratch disease is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Bartonella henselae [1] and is transmitted by cat scratches or exposure to cat saliva. The spectrum of its ocular manifestations includes Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome, iritis, vitritis, neuroretinitis, panuveitis, retinitis appearing as small white intraretinal infiltrates, and choroidal white lesions [1, 2]. B. henselae ...

Neuroretinitis can be defined as a type of optic neuropathy whereby there is acute visual loss that is unilateral or bilateral occurring due to optic disc swelling and hard exudates arranged in a star-like pattern around the fovea [1]. This rare condition has been included in the spectra of optic neuritis which also includes retrobulbar neuritis and papillitis. The exact prevalence of neuroreti...

The idiopathic retinitis, vasculitis, aneurysms and neuroretinitis syndrome is a rare retinal vascular disorder characterized by multiple leaking aneurysmal dilations, retinal vasculitis, neuroretinitis and peripheral vascular ischemia. Visual loss mainly occurs due to the development of retinal neovascularization and/or exudative maculopathy. Although the treatment of choice has not yet been e...

Varicella zoster virus-associated neuroretinitis is rare. We report a patient who presented with blurred vision of the left eye and extraocular movement pain. A fundoscopic examination revealed disc edema, hyperemia, and macular edema. The impression was neuroretinitis. Intravenous methylprednisolone pulse therapy was administered. However, visual recovery was incomplete with optical coherence ...

We present a case of neuroretinitis as presenting and the only presentation of Lyme disease in a 25-year-old female who visited hilly areas in the Himalayas of North India. She presented with right eye sudden and painless blurring of vision. Her vision at presentation was 20/60. She had fundus examination; fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging showe...

Diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis is an ocular infectious disease caused by several distinct nematodes. Definite identification of the involved nematodes is rarely achieved. We report on the molecular-based genetic identification of an Ancylostoma ceylanicum hookworm implicated in a case of diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis in a child.

OBJECTIVES To describe a patient with tuberculous neuroretinitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective case report. RESULTS We describe a 43-year-old otherwise asymptomatic woman with a known exposure to tuberculosis who had unilateral optic disc edema and a partial macular star (neuroretinitis). This was followed approximately 1 year later by the development of an exudative retinal detachme...