See answer below. Compressive optic neuropathy High-dose oral steroids (1 mg/kg) were initiated for compressive optic neuropathy with a plan to transition to IV steroids if there was improvement.

We report a rare case of compressive optic neuropathy secondary to hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis. Fungal aetiology is rarely reported in the literature and can be life threatening.

A new study concluded that visual field (VF) defects associated with thyroid eye disease-compressive optic neuropathy (TED-CON) differ from existing classifications of visual field defects ...

This study compared patients with thyroid eye disease-compressive optic neuropathy to those with noncompressive disease. Age had a significant effect on clinical manifestations.

A 77-year-old man was referred to the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at Tufts/New England Eye Center for bilateral optic nerve swelling.Six months prior, the patient had reportedly sought evaluation ...

There are no definitive tests for compressive optic neuropathy; therefore, abnormalities due to fibrous dysplasia were defined as either an abnormal result on the visual-field test (i.e., the ...

Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is an inherited form of vision loss that causes people to have trouble with their colour vision and difficulty seeing in the centre of their visual field.

Density loss in the optic nerve head capillary could lead to a faster rate of visual field progression as well as an increased risk of developing event progression.

Posterior scleritis can cause choroidal folds (Figure 5), exudative retinal detachment and compressive optic neuropathy. [8] An anterior ischemic optic neuropathy similar to that seen in giant ...

“Compressive optic neuropathy is the most dreaded finding in thyroid eye disease patients,” she said. “It occurs in about 5% of thyroid eye disease patients and, if untreated, can lead to ...