An unusual junctional scotoma

Surv Ophthalmol. 2002 Nov-Dec;47(6):594-7. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6257(02)00351-x.

Abstract

A 28-year-old woman presented with painful unilateral left visual loss, impaired color vision, left afferent pupillary defect, and normal ocular fundus. Although optic neuritis was first suspected, visual fields disclosed a junctional scotoma related to chiasmal demyelination, due to a probable multiple sclerosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Demyelinating Diseases / diagnosis
  • Demyelinating Diseases / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Multiple Sclerosis / complications*
  • Multiple Sclerosis / diagnosis
  • Optic Chiasm / pathology*
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / diagnosis
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / etiology*
  • Pupil Disorders / diagnosis
  • Pupil Disorders / etiology
  • Scotoma / diagnosis
  • Scotoma / etiology*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vision Disorders / diagnosis
  • Vision Disorders / etiology
  • Visual Acuity
  • Visual Field Tests
  • Visual Fields