TY - JOUR
T1 - Prefoveal floaters as a differential diagnosis to optic neuritis
T2 - “mouches dormantes”
AU - Burggraaff, Marloes C.
AU - de Vries-Knoppert, Willemine A.E.J.
AU - Petzold, Axel
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - This case series describes a new optical coherence tomography (OCT) specific observation relevant to the differential diagnosis of patients with suspected optic neuritis. A tiny prefoveal floater, only detectable by OCT, was found responsible for the symptoms in three patients, one of whom had been referred with unilateral delayed visual evoked potentials. This case series suggests that with increased use of OCT in routine clinical care, entoptic phenomena can be demonstrated as a relevant differential diagnosis to optic neuritis. Patients should be explained the benign nature of their symptoms.
AB - This case series describes a new optical coherence tomography (OCT) specific observation relevant to the differential diagnosis of patients with suspected optic neuritis. A tiny prefoveal floater, only detectable by OCT, was found responsible for the symptoms in three patients, one of whom had been referred with unilateral delayed visual evoked potentials. This case series suggests that with increased use of OCT in routine clinical care, entoptic phenomena can be demonstrated as a relevant differential diagnosis to optic neuritis. Patients should be explained the benign nature of their symptoms.
KW - Endoptic phenomena
KW - Floater
KW - Mouche
KW - Optic neuritis
KW - Optical coherence tomography
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020528526&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-017-0810-y
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-017-0810-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 28624951
SN - 0300-9009
VL - 117
SP - 703
EP - 705
JO - Acta neurologica Belgica
JF - Acta neurologica Belgica
IS - 3
ER -