Effect of botulinum toxin type A on the cervical sympathetic trunk in chronic relapsing inflammatory optic neuropathy

作     者：Ji Yeong Kim Yong Ho Lee Young Hoon Kim 

作者机构：Department of Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSeoul St.Mary’s HospitalCollege of MedicineThe Catholic University of KoreaSeoulRepublic of Korea 

出 版 物：《Chinese Medical Journal》 (中华医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第134卷第22期

页      面：2771-2772页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100212[医学-眼科学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：neuropathy diagnosis inflammation 

摘      要：To the Editor:Optic neuritis(ON)usually ends with one episode,but recurs in 3%to 5%of *** recurrent patients,those that emerge negative from multiple sclerosis or neuromyelitis optica(NMO)workup are diagnosed with chronic relapsing inflammatory optic neuropathy(CRION).This disease group,first named by Kidd et al,[1]refers to a clinical situation in which inflammatory optic nerve inflammation on both sides occurs repeatedly and worsens when steroids or immu-nosuppressants are *** diagnosis is important in this group because the risk of blindness is significant,and as such,treatment is focused on preserving ***,because a significant number of CRION patients suffer from ocular pain,alleviation of pain should not be overlooked.