Your ability to see the world around you hinges on how well different structures in your eye perform their designated jobs. The optic nerve — actually a bundle of more than one million nerve fibers — ...

Optic neuritis (ON) is characterized by inflammation of the optic nerve with acute loss of vision in one eye. It is among the initial manifestations of multiple sclerosis (MS) and occurs secondary to ...

A 71-year-old man was referred by his usual ophthalmologist to the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at Tufts Medical Center for bilateral decreased vision associated with bilateral optic disc edema. His ...

Ophthalmologists, optometrists, and neurologists may be widely overdiagnosing optic neuritis, researchers say. Neuro-ophthalmologists at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, could confirm only ...

The study looked at the potential benefits of cataract surgery in patients with a prior diagnosis of optic neuropathy. Patients with and without optic neuropathies showed significant improvement in ...

People with MS may experience a variety of vision issues, including inflammation of the optic nerve, double vision, and involuntary twitching of the eye muscles. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an ...

"Our decision to treat typically needs to be made on the balance of likelihood, before the diagnosis of an associated disease process can be fully established, with definitive tests for multiple ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 30-year-old woman was referred to the New England Eye Center neuro-ophthalmology service for evaluation of ...