Via practica 3/2017

Optic neuritis as one of the first signs of multiple sclerosis

This article briefly informs about optic neuritis as one of the first signs of multiple sclerosis with focus on clinical presentation, diagnostic and management of treatment. Patients are usually present with sudden loss of visual functions. The diagnosis is based on ophthalmologic clinical examination, magnetic resonance imaging, visual evoked potential and optical coherence tomography. There is a strong correlation in pathogenesis with multiple sclerosis, therefore there is a need for early identification of patients in high risk to progression into multiple sclerosis and consecutively early start of disease modifying therapy.

Keywords: optic neuritis, multiple sclerosis, visual evoked potential, OCT, DMT