Table 3 Clinical findings of 7 NMO patients with non-central scotoma
From: Visual field defects of optic neuritis in neuromyelitis optica compared with multiple sclerosis
Patient No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex/Age at onset | F/48 | F/21 | F/47 | F/34 | F/32 | F/32 | F/54 |
Duration of disease (years) | 9 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 12 |
EDSS score | 2.5 | 1 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 4 |
Number of total relapses | 5 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 23 |
Number of ON relapses | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
Ocular pain | moderate | none | none | mild | mild | none | moderate |
Optic disk in acute phase | normal | NE | NE | normal | normal | normal | normal |
Course of ON | lt-altitudinal | lt-three quadrant | rt-altitudinal | lt-altitudinal | rt-altitudinal | bil-central | rt-central |
| Â | (inferior) | rt-altitudinal | (superior) | (inferior) | (superior) | lt-guadrant | lt-central: 2nd-3rd |
| Â | rt-central | (inferior) | rt-central | rt-quadrant | lt-central | rt-hemianopia | rt-quadrant |
| Â | lt-central | Â | Â | Â | lt-central | Â | lt-three quadrant |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | rt-central |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | lt-central |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | rt-central: 8th-11th |
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | bitemporal |
Outcome of ON | rt-recover | rt-recover | rt-recover | rt-recover | rt-light perception | rt-recover | rt-light perception |
| Â | lt-recover | lt-recover | Â | lt-recover | lt-light perception | lt-recover | lt-light perception |