Clinical analysis of 54 cases misdiagnosed as optic neuritis

doi:10.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2015.3.46

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Clinical analysis of 54 cases misdiagnosed as optic neuritis
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                        10.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2015.3.46
                    
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                        Fang ZhaoFang Zhao
Department of Ophthalmology, Wuhan Central Hospital, Wuhan 430014, Hubei Province, China
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Shuang LiShuang Li
Department of Ophthalmology, Wuhan Central Hospital, Wuhan 430014, Hubei Province, China
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Fund Project:National Nautral Science Foundation of China(No.81300761)

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Abstract:

AIM: To analyze the clinical data of 54 cases misdiagnosed as optic neuritis and to explore measures to reduce misdiagnosis

METHODS:This retrospective study comprised 54 patients that had been misdiagnosed as optic neuritis from September 2000 to June 2013. The misdiagnosis features were summarized.

RESULTS:Many diseases can easily be misdiagnosed as optic neuritis, including ischemic optic neuropathy, intracranial tumors, optic nerve vasculitis, myelinated nerve fibers, and so on.

CONCLUSION: The measures to reduce misdiagnosis consisted of detailed history collection, perfect physical examination and comprehensive expertise of fundus disease.

Key words:optic neuritis; misdiagnosis; guiding significance

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Fang Zhao, Shuang Li. ,/et al.Clinical analysis of 54 cases misdiagnosed as optic neuritis. Guoji Yanke Zazhi( Int Eye Sci) 2015;15(3):546-548

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Received:August 25,2014
Revised:February 13,2015
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Online: March 09,2015
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