Historically, optic nerve involvement has been excluded from MS diagnostic criteria, but its inclusion in the new iteration ...

Symptoms of optic nerve inflammation, known as optic neuritis, include loss of vision, blurring or fogginess and pain in the affected eye. Regular MRI scans can detect optic neuritis but offer no ...

The patient belonged to poor socioeconomic strata and therefore could not afford expensive investigations like computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI ... nerve in the optic ...

Papilledema is a serious medical condition in which the optic nerve at ... which may include MRI or CT scans. Blood tests and an analysis of CSF from the spinal canal may also be necessary.

There is no visible swelling of the optic disk or pallor of the optic nerve, and a neurologic examination ... a first demyelinating event and normal MRI of the brain. 4 (Courtesy of Dr. Nicholas ...

Ludwig answers the question: 'Pinched Nerve In An MRI?' &#151 ... causing narrowing of the spinal canal, trauma, tumor or even an infection. When a person has a herniated disc that is causing ...

A doctor will also use a range of imaging tests to look for structural abnormalities around the optic nerve. These tests can include MRI and CT scans. Treatment will vary depending on the ...

Noting the limited fetal presentation and low reproducibility of ultrasound-based techniques, as well as conventional MRI's inconsistencies ... pre-chiasmatic optic nerve width was successfully ...

The newly developed three-dimensional (3D) slice-to-volume (SVR) MRI was found to allow for ... pre-chiasmatic optic nerve width was successfully measured bilaterally in 53 cases, optic chiasm ...