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SUBMITTER: Adesina OO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5858860 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Adesina Ore-Ofe O OO Scott McNally J J Salzman Karen L KL Katz Bradley J BJ Warner Judith E A JEA McFadden Molly M Digre Kathleen B KB
Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press) 20170818 2
Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) and optic neuritis (ON) may be difficult to distinguish early in their disease courses. Our goal was to determine if specific magnetic resonance imaging characteristics differentiate acute NAION from ON. Neuroradiologists, masked to diagnosis, reviewed the diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and post-contrast enhancement (PCE) characteristics of the optic nerve in 140 eyes. PCE and DWI signals of the optic disc alone did not discriminate bet ...[more]