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Prefoveal floaters as a differential diagnosis to optic neuritis: ‘‘mouches dormantes’’

Prefoveal floaters as a differential diagnosis to optic neuritis: ‘‘mouches dormantes’’ Acta Neurol Belg (2018) 118:519–520 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-017-0848-x LETTER TO THE EDITOR Prefoveal floaters as a differential diagnosis to optic neuritis: ‘‘mouches dormantes’’ 1 1 Jasmin Zvorničanin  · Edita Zvorničanin   Received: 15 September 2017 / Accepted: 3 October 2017 / Published online: 16 October 2017 © Belgian Neurological Society 2017 Dear Editor, healthy [3] and prolonged defect of pupil response can be used as an objective independent estimator of damage to the We read with interest the article by Burggraaff and associ - optic nerve [5]. Furthermore, the spatial vision measures ates regarding the prefoveal floaters relevant to the differen - (VA, contrast sensitivity, foveal threshold, and mean devia- tial diagnosis of patients with suspected optic neuritis [1]. tion of the visual fields) are significantly altered in acute ON We congratulate the authors for this successful article, and and change in 6 months period [4]. Some of these changes would like to make some contributions. can persist for a long period of time even after VA is fully The authors report case series of patients with reduced regained [3, 4]. visual acuity (VA) and visual field defects (VFD). Addi - Overall, we agree with Burggraaff et al. that OCT should tional changes such as asymmetric latency of the visual http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Neurologica Belgica Springer Journals

Prefoveal floaters as a differential diagnosis to optic neuritis: ‘‘mouches dormantes’’

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Biomedicine; Neurosciences; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Medicine/Public Health, general
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Acta Neurol Belg (2018) 118:519–520 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-017-0848-x LETTER TO THE EDITOR Prefoveal floaters as a differential diagnosis to optic neuritis: ‘‘mouches dormantes’’ 1 1 Jasmin Zvorničanin  · Edita Zvorničanin   Received: 15 September 2017 / Accepted: 3 October 2017 / Published online: 16 October 2017 © Belgian Neurological Society 2017 Dear Editor, healthy [3] and prolonged defect of pupil response can be used as an objective independent estimator of damage to the We read with interest the article by Burggraaff and associ - optic nerve [5]. Furthermore, the spatial vision measures ates regarding the prefoveal floaters relevant to the differen - (VA, contrast sensitivity, foveal threshold, and mean devia- tial diagnosis of patients with suspected optic neuritis [1]. tion of the visual fields) are significantly altered in acute ON We congratulate the authors for this successful article, and and change in 6 months period [4]. Some of these changes would like to make some contributions. can persist for a long period of time even after VA is fully The authors report case series of patients with reduced regained [3, 4]. visual acuity (VA) and visual field defects (VFD). Addi - Overall, we agree with Burggraaff et al. that OCT should tional changes such as asymmetric latency of the visual

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Published: Oct 16, 2017

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