"Optic neuritis": a masquerading disease.

Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol

Department of Ophthalmology, K.U. Leuven.

Published: June 1991

Optic neuritis is a clinical entity with specific characteristics. Many disease can be associated with the symptomatology. We retrospectively selected the files of 16 persons out of 60 optic neuritis patients. Selection was based on the detection of a non-common etiology. As underlying etiology for "optic neuritis" we found e.g.: histiocytosis, intracerebral aneurysm, spongioblastoma.

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