J Neuroophthalmol 2017 09;37 Suppl 1:S14-S22
The Vision Center (MB), Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology (MB), Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Neuro-ophthalmology Service (GTL), Division of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Departments of Neurology and Ophthalmology (GTL), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Ophthalmology (SP), Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California; Division of Neurology (ATW), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics (ATW), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Few diseases blur the margins between their childhood and adult-onset varieties as much as optic neuritis. This report will review our state of knowledge of pediatric optic neuritis, as well as its relationship to the latest consensus definitions of neuroinflammatory disease. Current diagnostic and treatment options will be explored, as well as our potential to uncover an understanding of pediatric optic neuritis through systematic prospective studies. Read More