{"title":"I Am Rare, Deadly, and Can Make You Go Blind. What Am I?","authors":"Michel van Lint","doi":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002351","DOIUrl":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002351","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16485,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":"e160"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143719860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathryn E McAnnis, Alfredo Ruiz-Montenegro, Pamela A Davila, Noor A Laylani, Andrew G Lee
{"title":"Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Plus Phenotype With Double Point Mutations (m.11778 G>A and m.14484T>C) and Concurrent Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease.","authors":"Kathryn E McAnnis, Alfredo Ruiz-Montenegro, Pamela A Davila, Noor A Laylani, Andrew G Lee","doi":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002153","DOIUrl":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002153","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16485,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":"e105-e106"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140850998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lindsey B De Lott, Lizbeth Gonzalez, Timothy C Guetterman, Kevin A Kerber, Brian J Zikmund-Fisher
{"title":"Factors That Influence Clinician Prescribing of Corticosteroids for Acute Idiopathic and Multiple Sclerosis-Associated Optic Neuritis: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Lindsey B De Lott, Lizbeth Gonzalez, Timothy C Guetterman, Kevin A Kerber, Brian J Zikmund-Fisher","doi":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002219","DOIUrl":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002219","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Treatment with corticosteroids is common for patients with idiopathic and multiple sclerosis-associated optic neuritis (I/MS-ON). Yet, the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial and meta-analyses confirm that few patients benefit and that visual benefit is of questionable clinical significance, short-lived, and comes with potential harms. The purpose of this study was to uncover the breadth of factors that underlie clinicians' treatment decisions and determine how these factors may influence corticosteroid use for I/MS-ON.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed semistructured, one-on-one, qualitative interviews with neurologists, neuro-ophthalmologists, and emergency department clinicians at 15 academic and private practices across the United States. The interview guide used the Theoretical Domain Framework and a vignette to explore numerous factors that might influence decision making for definite I/MS-ON. We analyzed transcripts using inductive thematic analysis to generate themes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 22 clinicians were interviewed before thematic saturation was reached: 8 neuro-ophthalmologists, 8 neurologists, and 6 emergency medicine (EM) clinicians (2 physician assistants, 4 physicians). All neuro-ophthalmologists and nearly all neurologists (7 of 8) were aware of risks/benefits of corticosteroid treatment for I/MS-ON. However, neuro-ophthalmologists varied in their corticosteroid treatment recommendation (n = 3 recommended treatment, n = 2 recommended observation, n = 3 recommended shared decision making), whereas all neurologists recommended corticosteroids, indicating that knowledge of corticosteroid risk/benefit alone does not drive decision making. EM clinicians were not aware of risk/benefits of corticosteroid treatment for I/MS-ON and relied on the treatment recommendations of neurologists. Clinicians recommending corticosteroids held personal beliefs that corticosteroids benefit those with worse vision loss, relieve pain, allow earlier return to work, or have easily mitigated side effects. They also perceived that prescribing steroid was the principal method of \"doing something,\" which fit a key provider role. Clinicians who did not recommend corticosteroids or were neutral perceived the risks as nontrivial, considered discussing treatment trade-offs as \"doing something\" and incorporated patient preferences.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Knowledge of risk/benefits of corticosteroids are necessary but not sufficient for evidence-based I/MS-ON practice. Variation in how clinicians treat patients with acute I/MS-ON is influenced largely by psychosocial factors, such as beliefs about corticosteroid risk/benefit trade-offs and the role of the clinician to provide treatment. Interventions to support evidence-based decision making for I/MS-ON treatment will need to provide risk/benefit information to support clinicians with varying levels of expertise, incorporate patient preferenc","PeriodicalId":16485,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":"170-176"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11830043/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141988159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On behalf of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, the editorial office of the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology acknowledges, with gratitude, our reviewers who dedicated their time and effort between January 1 and December 31, 2024.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000002347","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16485,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology","volume":"45 2","pages":"262-263"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144028721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Azyadeh Camacho-Ordonez, Roberto Rodríguez-Rivas, Alonso Gutierrez-Romero, Hector Alfredo Montenegro-Rosales, Antonio Arauz-Gongora
{"title":"Purtscher-Like Retinopathy: An Unusual Ocular Finding After an Intracranial Endovascular Procedure.","authors":"Azyadeh Camacho-Ordonez, Roberto Rodríguez-Rivas, Alonso Gutierrez-Romero, Hector Alfredo Montenegro-Rosales, Antonio Arauz-Gongora","doi":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002202","DOIUrl":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002202","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16485,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":"255-256"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141468618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yael N Steinberg, Gregory J Parnes, Nilesh K Raval, Fernando M Pellerano Sosa, Afshin Parsikia, Joyce N Mbekeani
{"title":"Analysis of Neuroradiologic Findings in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension-A Population-Based Study.","authors":"Yael N Steinberg, Gregory J Parnes, Nilesh K Raval, Fernando M Pellerano Sosa, Afshin Parsikia, Joyce N Mbekeani","doi":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002248","DOIUrl":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002248","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) has been associated with several MRI features. We assessed types of MRI findings and clinical-radiologic correlations in patients with IIH from one hospital system.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective chart review of IIH and control patients was conducted. Brain MRI/magnetic resonance venogram features were enumerated and assessed for correlation with body mass index (BMI) and lumbar puncture opening pressure (LPOP). Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and likelihood ratios (LRs) were calculated for each MRI sign. Significance was set at P < 0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>One hundred one patients diagnosed with IIH, and 119 control patients had complete files and were included. Patients with IIH were predominantly female (92.8% vs 59.7%; P = <0.001), younger (30.6 years vs 46.4 years; P < 0.001), and more obese (mean BMI = 35.2 vs 29.3; P < 0.001) than controls. Mean (SD) number of MRI findings was 2.21 (1.8) in IIH and 0.6 (1.2) in controls; ( P < 0.001). Vertical nerve tortuosity (44.1%; P < 0.001), TVSS (37.8%; P < 0.001), sheath expansion (36.0%; P < 0.001), globe flattening (22.5%; P < 0.001), slit ventricles (18.9%; P < 0.001), optic disc protrusion (9.9%; P = 0.007), and complete empty sella (12.6%; P < 0.042) were observed more in patients with IIH than control patients. In the IIH group, mean (SD) LPOP was 33.6 (11.11) cmH 2 O and weakly correlated with number of MRI findings (rho = 0.182, P = 0.057). TVSS (sensitivity 37.84%; confidence interval [CI] 29.3%-47.2%, specificity 98.32%; CI 93.5%-99.6%) had the highest PPV (95.45%) and positive LR (22.51) for IIH diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results are consistent with IIH predominance in young, obese females. In patients with IIH, the number of MRI findings exceeded controls and positively correlated with LPOP. TVSS was most predictive of IIH.</p>","PeriodicalId":16485,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":"183-189"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142132965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preserved Ganglion Cell Analysis in a Case of Longstanding Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: A Sign of Hibernating Neurons?","authors":"Armin Handzic, Laura Donaldson, Edward Margolin","doi":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002165","DOIUrl":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002165","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16485,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":"e119-e121"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140863285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yeji Moon, Yujin Gim, Kyung-Ah Park, Hee Kyung Yang, Seong-Joon Kim, Sung-Min Kim, Jae Ho Jung
{"title":"Recurrence-Independent Progressive Inner-Retinal Thinning After Optic Neuritis: A Longitudinal Study.","authors":"Yeji Moon, Yujin Gim, Kyung-Ah Park, Hee Kyung Yang, Seong-Joon Kim, Sung-Min Kim, Jae Ho Jung","doi":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002244","DOIUrl":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002244","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Longitudinal changes in the inner retina in patients with optic neuritis (ON) may be helpful in monitoring patients and determining maintenance treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate longitudinal changes in the inner retina after subsiding of acute demyelinating ON and to identify the factors associated with such changes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this multicenter retrospective observational study, we reviewed the medical records of 77 patients with ON, including 23 with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder with aquaporin 4 (AQP4)-immunoglobulin G (IgG) (AQP4 group), 23 with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-antibody-associated disease (MOG group), 18 with multiple sclerosis (MS group), and 13 with idiopathic ON (iON group). We measured the thickness of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) and the macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (mGCIPL) using optical coherence tomography (OCT) at baseline and at follow-up examinations (mean follow-up duration, 29.6 ± 8.6 months; mean number of OCT, 4.2 ± 1.2) in the absence of ON recurrence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The estimated rate of pRNFL thinning in the AQP4, MOG, MS, and iON groups was 0.66 (95% confidence interval, 0.35-0.97), 0.35 (0.04-0.66), 0.53 (0.16-0.90), and 0.25 (-0.18 to 0.68) μm/year, respectively, indicating that, in the iON group in contrast to the other groups, there was no significant decrease of pRNFL thickness. Among the AQP4, MOG, and MS groups, there was no significant difference in the rate of pRNFL thinning ( P = 0.560). The rate of mGCIPL thinning in the AQP4 and MOG groups was 0.25 (0.04-0.46) μm/year and 0.38 (0.23-0.53) μm/year, respectively. Meanwhile, the rate of mGCIPL change in the MS and iON groups was 0.04 (-0.12 to 0.19) and 0.00 (-0.17 to 0.16) μm/year, respectively, which indicates that there was no significant mGCIPL thinning in the latter 2 groups. Between the AQP4 and MOG groups, meanwhile, the rate of mGCIPL change did not significantly differ ( P = 0.295). Age older than 40 years was associated with significant progression of mGCIPL thinning ( P = 0.005).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We noted inner retina thinning progression independent of relapse activity in AQP4-ON, MOG-ON, and MS-ON. Because subclinical neuroaxonal damage continues to be incurred after an acute attack of ON subsides despite suppression of new attacks, long-term follow-up and neuroprotection should be considered to be integral to the treatment of patients with ON.</p>","PeriodicalId":16485,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":"190-196"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142126022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment: Ultrasound vs Biopsy for Giant Cell Arteritis: Discussion in Point Counter-Point in the June 2024 Issue of Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology.","authors":"Jagannadha Avasarala","doi":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002313","DOIUrl":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002313","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16485,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":"e162"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143657520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Case of Optic Disc Pit and Optic Nerve Cyst on MRI.","authors":"Joshua Pasol","doi":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002352","DOIUrl":"10.1097/WNO.0000000000002352","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16485,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":"e164-e166"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143811588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}