Visual pathway involvement in multiple sclerosis: Look straight in the eyes

Lorenzo Gaetani; Barbara Iaccheri; Alessio Cerquaglia; Lucia Gentili; Tito Fiore; Maria Di Gregorio; Andrea Mancini; Paolo Calabresi; Carlo Cagini; Paola Sarchielli; Massimiliano Di Filippo

doi:10.1016/j.msard.2017.08.008

Visual pathway involvement in multiple sclerosis: Look straight in the eyes

Lorenzo Gaetani, Barbara Iaccheri, Alessio Cerquaglia, Lucia Gentili, Tito Fiore, Maria Di Gregorio, Andrea Mancini, Paolo Calabresi, Carlo Cagini, Paola Sarchielli, Massimiliano Di Filippo

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Abstract

Visual symptoms are a common clinical manifestation of multiple sclerosis (MS) and are frequently due to acute optic neuritis (ON). However, the entire visual pathway can be involved throughout the disease course. We describe the case of a young MS patient who experienced visual symptoms that were eventually found to be caused by retinal periphlebitis, an inflammatory process of the anterior visual pathway, which is common during MS, but rarely symptomatic. This case reinforces the concept that in all MS patients complaining visual symptoms, a complete work-up should be performed in order to rule out possible ON mimicries.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	217-219
Number of pages	3
Journal	Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
Volume	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2017.08.008
Publication status	Published - Oct 1 2017

Keywords

Multiple sclerosis
Phlebitis
Retinal periphlebitis
Retinal vasculitis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neurology
Clinical Neurology

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Visual pathway involvement in multiple sclerosis : Look straight in the eyes. / Gaetani, Lorenzo; Iaccheri, Barbara; Cerquaglia, Alessio; Gentili, Lucia; Fiore, Tito; Di Gregorio, Maria; Mancini, Andrea; Calabresi, Paolo; Cagini, Carlo; Sarchielli, Paola; Di Filippo, Massimiliano.

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