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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-5-12
pubmed:abstractText
Idiopathic perioptic neuritis is a term used to describe noninfectious inflammatory disorders of the optic nerve sheaths, the causes of which are unknown. In the following report, a 68-year-old woman with bilateral visual loss was found to have chronic inflammation with necrobiotic granulomas of her optic nerve sheaths. The patient, who had no systemic condition known to be associated with necrobiotic granuloma, lost vision from infarction of the optic nerve parenchyma and from compression due to thickened meninges. Although there are similarities between the inflammatory reaction in this case to the necrobiotic dermatoses, the pathogenesis of this condition remains obscure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0161-6420
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
200-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Bilateral idiopathic inflammation of the optic nerve sheaths. Light and electron microscopic findings.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports