Short communication, Note

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Doubts in Retrobulbar Neuritis in Children

Maja Čorak
Biserka Baćani
Ljerka Cvitanović-Šojat
Katia Novak-Lauš
Ognjen Zrinšćak
Zdravko Mandić

Abstract

Retrobulbar neuritis is often very complicated clinical entity. The most common cause of retrobulbar neuritis is
demyelinating disease of CNS. This report is to express some other uncommon causes of it. Three children, age 8 to 12
with sudden and severe visual loss are presented. The diagnosis of retrobulbar neuritis is made by complete ophtalmological
examination in consultation with neuropediatrics and neuroradiologist. Different ethiological causes of retrobulbar
neuritis are found: pranasal sinusitis, functional visual loss and pseudotumor cerebri. In first two children
complete therapeutically effort was as expected, and by child with pseudotumor cerebri there was no improvement of
visual acuity, even after 6 months. In this presentation the authors want to emphasise some uncommon causes of
retrobulbar neuritis.

Keywords

retrobulbar neuritis; children; diagnoses; therapy

Hrčak ID:

27884

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/27884

Publication date:

20.6.2005.

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