A Case of Multiple Sclerosis in Child Showing Homonymous Hemianopia.
- Author:
Young Kyu PARK
1
;
Sun Ryang BAE
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Korea. sunrbae@yahoo.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Multiple sclerosis;
Optic neuritis;
Visual field defect
- MeSH:
Brain;
Cerebrum;
Child*;
Headache;
Hemianopsia*;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Multiple Sclerosis*;
Optic Neuritis;
Seizures;
Visual Fields
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2003;44(3):767-771
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To report a case of multiple sclerosis showing homonymous hemianopia which is rare in multiple sclerosis. METHODS: A 6-year-old male patient presented with headache and seizure. A brain MRI demonstrated multiple high signal lesions along subcortical white matter of both cerebral hemispheres. A visual field examination demonstrated left homonymous hemianopia. Visual field defect was improved after intravenous steroid theraphy. RESULTS: Multiple sclerosis is rare under age ten, and homonymous hemianopia also rarely occurs in multiple sclerosis.
