A case of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome misdiagnosed as optic neuritis: Differential diagnosis for the neurologist

A 25-year-old female presented to a local hospital for acute onset of a central scotoma in the left visual field. She was visited by the neurologist, and a diagnosis of left retrobulbar optic neuritis was made. Magnetic resonance imaging scan was normal. Ophthalmic examination revealed a multiple ev...

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Autores principales: Pellegrini, Francesco, Interlandi, Emanuela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4821940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27114663
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.178658
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description A 25-year-old female presented to a local hospital for acute onset of a central scotoma in the left visual field. She was visited by the neurologist, and a diagnosis of left retrobulbar optic neuritis was made. Magnetic resonance imaging scan was normal. Ophthalmic examination revealed a multiple evanescent white dot syndrome. After a description of the case, a brief differential diagnosis between these two entities is made. The neurologist should be aware of this uncommon condition.
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spelling pubmed-48219402016-04-25 A case of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome misdiagnosed as optic neuritis: Differential diagnosis for the neurologist Pellegrini, Francesco Interlandi, Emanuela J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report A 25-year-old female presented to a local hospital for acute onset of a central scotoma in the left visual field. She was visited by the neurologist, and a diagnosis of left retrobulbar optic neuritis was made. Magnetic resonance imaging scan was normal. Ophthalmic examination revealed a multiple evanescent white dot syndrome. After a description of the case, a brief differential diagnosis between these two entities is made. The neurologist should be aware of this uncommon condition. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4821940/ /pubmed/27114663 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.178658 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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A case of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome misdiagnosed as optic neuritis: Differential diagnosis for the neurologist
title A case of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome misdiagnosed as optic neuritis: Differential diagnosis for the neurologist
title_full A case of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome misdiagnosed as optic neuritis: Differential diagnosis for the neurologist
title_fullStr A case of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome misdiagnosed as optic neuritis: Differential diagnosis for the neurologist
title_full_unstemmed A case of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome misdiagnosed as optic neuritis: Differential diagnosis for the neurologist
title_short A case of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome misdiagnosed as optic neuritis: Differential diagnosis for the neurologist
title_sort case of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome misdiagnosed as optic neuritis: differential diagnosis for the neurologist
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4821940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27114663
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