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Optic neuritis in Singapore.

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Lim, SA; Goh, KY; Tow, S; Fu, E; Wong, TY; Seah, A; Tan, C; Cullen, JF
Published in: Singapore Med J
September 2008

INTRODUCTION: Optic neuritis (ON) is the commonest optic neuropathy encountered in the younger group of patients from the Singapore Neuro-Ophthalmology Study Group. Previous surveys in Asia and our study suggest that ON in Singapore differs from that in Western populations where the majority of cases are associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS: Patients satisfying our entry criteria for ON seen between September 2002 and June 2004 were enrolled in the study. The data collected was recorded in a central database and analysed two years later. RESULTS: The majority (60 percent) of our patients had anterior ON with optic disc swelling (papillitis), were idiopathic in 49.1 percent, and associated with MS in only 25.5 percent. Bilateral cases comprised 16.4 percent of our series and were usually of the anterior variety and mostly idiopathic, although it is still essential to rule out secondary causes. Recurrent ON is indicative of an underlying disease process. CONCLUSION: The pattern of ON as seen in Singapore differs from that reported in Caucasian studies and from the seminal Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial. We found a higher incidence of optic disc swelling, i.e. anterior ON (papillitis), and a lesser association with MS; visual recovery is similarly good but our recurrence rate is lower.

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Singapore Med J

EISSN

2737-5935

Publication Date

September 2008

Volume

49

Issue

9

Start / End Page

667 / 671

Location

India

Related Subject Headings

  • Singapore
  • Registries
  • Prospective Studies
  • Optic Neuritis
  • Optic Nerve
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine
 

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Lim, S. A., Goh, K. Y., Tow, S., Fu, E., Wong, T. Y., Seah, A., … Cullen, J. F. (2008). Optic neuritis in Singapore. Singapore Med J, 49(9), 667–671.
Lim, S. A., K. Y. Goh, S. Tow, E. Fu, T. Y. Wong, A. Seah, C. Tan, and J. F. Cullen. “Optic neuritis in Singapore.Singapore Med J 49, no. 9 (September 2008): 667–71.
Lim SA, Goh KY, Tow S, Fu E, Wong TY, Seah A, et al. Optic neuritis in Singapore. Singapore Med J. 2008 Sep;49(9):667–71.
Lim, S. A., et al. “Optic neuritis in Singapore.Singapore Med J, vol. 49, no. 9, Sept. 2008, pp. 667–71.
Lim SA, Goh KY, Tow S, Fu E, Wong TY, Seah A, Tan C, Cullen JF. Optic neuritis in Singapore. Singapore Med J. 2008 Sep;49(9):667–671.

Published In

Singapore Med J

EISSN

2737-5935

Publication Date

September 2008

Volume

49

Issue

9

Start / End Page

667 / 671

Location

India

Related Subject Headings

  • Singapore
  • Registries
  • Prospective Studies
  • Optic Neuritis
  • Optic Nerve
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • General & Internal Medicine