Baseline visual field profile of optic neuritis. The experience of the optic neuritis treatment trial. Optic Neuritis Study Group

John L Keltner; Chris A Johnson; John O Spurr; Roy W Beck

doi:10.1001/archopht.1993.01090020085029

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Baseline visual field profile of optic neuritis. The experience of the optic neuritis treatment trial. Optic Neuritis Study Group

John L Keltner, Chris A Johnson, John O Spurr and Roy W Beck

Archives of ophthalmology (1960), Vol.111(2), pp.231-234

02/1993

DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1993.01090020085029

PMID: 8431161

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Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to determine the baseline visual field characteristics in 448 patients with acute optic neuritis who were entered into the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial. The severity and pattern of visual field loss in both the affected and fellow eyes were classified. For affected eyes, diffuse visual field loss was present in 48.2% of eyes, central or centrocecal scotoma was present in 8.3% of eyes, altitudinal or other nerve-fiber bundle-type defects were present in 20.1% of eyes, and a variety of other defects were present in 23.4% of eyes. Visual field involvement was present in the fellow eye at baseline in 308 (68.8%) of the 448 patients. Evidence of a chiasmal or retrochiasmal visual field defect was present in 2.9% of the patients. Since a wide variety of visual field defects can occur with an acute attack of optic neuritis, the pattern of visual field loss is of limited utility in distinguishing optic neuritis from ischemic optic neuropathy and other optic nerve disorders. Asymptomatic visual field defects in the fellow eye are common.

Severity of Illness Index

Vision Screening

Acute Disease

Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted

Prevalence

Humans

Middle Aged

Visual Acuity

Vision Disorders - diagnosis

Visual Fields

Adolescent

Vision, Binocular

Adult

Visual Field Tests

Vision Disorders - epidemiology

Evaluation Studies as Topic

Optic Neuritis - complications

Vision Disorders - etiology

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Title: Subtitle: Baseline visual field profile of optic neuritis. The experience of the optic neuritis treatment trial. Optic Neuritis Study Group
Creators: John L Keltner - Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Davis 95616
Chris A Johnson
John O Spurr
Roy W Beck
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Archives of ophthalmology (1960), Vol.111(2), pp.231-234
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1993.01090020085029
PMID: 8431161
NLM abbreviation: Arch Ophthalmol
ISSN: 0003-9950
eISSN: 1538-3601
Publisher: American Medical Association; United States
Grant note: EY07212 / NEI NIH HHS EY07461 / NEI NIH HHS EY03424 / NEI NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 02/1993
Academic Unit: Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Record Identifier: 9983980009502771

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