Christopher D Conrady1, Therese Sassalos1, Wayne T Cornblath1, David N Zacks1, Mark W Johnson2. 1. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, 1000 Wall Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA. 2. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, 1000 Wall Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA. markwj@umich.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To describe three patients that developed temporally distinct episodes of optic neuritis and multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS). METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records and imaging studies of three women evaluated at a tertiary referral center for both optic neuritis and MEWDS. RESULTS: Three otherwise healthy women, aged 17, 36, and 41, developed temporally separated episodes of optic neuritis and MEWDS. The time periods between the two events were 3, 48, and 60 months, and in two of the three cases, the optic neuritis event preceded the episode of MEWDS. No patient endorsed prodromal flu-like symptoms prior to developing vision loss. The mean presenting visual acuities were better with the optic neuritis episode (LogMAR 0.360, Snellen 20/46) than with retinal event (LogMAR 0.684, Snellen 20/97). All three patients had improvement in vision, with mean visual acuity of 20/29 (LogMAR 0.165) at last follow-up. One patient later developed idiopathic noninfectious posterior uveitis and another developed multiple sclerosis requiring treatment. CONCLUSION: While a rare association, patients can develop both optic neuritis and MEWDS within the same eye at different time points. It is unknown whether such patients are at even higher risk of developing systemic autoimmune disease than are patients with either MEWDS or optic neuritis alone.
PURPOSE: To describe three patients that developed temporally distinct episodes of optic neuritis and multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS). METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records and imaging studies of three women evaluated at a tertiary referral center for both optic neuritis and MEWDS. RESULTS: Three otherwise healthy women, aged 17, 36, and 41, developed temporally separated episodes of optic neuritis and MEWDS. The time periods between the two events were 3, 48, and 60 months, and in two of the three cases, the optic neuritis event preceded the episode of MEWDS. No patient endorsed prodromal flu-like symptoms prior to developing vision loss. The mean presenting visual acuities were better with the optic neuritis episode (LogMAR 0.360, Snellen 20/46) than with retinal event (LogMAR 0.684, Snellen 20/97). All three patients had improvement in vision, with mean visual acuity of 20/29 (LogMAR 0.165) at last follow-up. One patient later developed idiopathic noninfectious posterior uveitis and another developed multiple sclerosis requiring treatment. CONCLUSION: While a rare association, patients can develop both optic neuritis and MEWDS within the same eye at different time points. It is unknown whether such patients are at even higher risk of developing systemic autoimmune disease than are patients with either MEWDS or optic neuritis alone.
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Autoimmunity; Inflammation; Optic neuritis; Uveitis; Vasculitis; White dot syndromes
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