| Acute Optic Neuritis (#1) Associated with HHV6 Infection | |
| This patient experienced acute visual loss on the right and was found to have ipsilateral acute optic disc swelling. Note the marked blurring of the disc margins, the dilated retinal veins, and the presence of several cotton wool spots and hemorrhages. Also note the striking number of small, superficial, telangiectatic vessels distributed over the surface of the elevated disc. The patient was known to have reactivation of latent HHV6 infection. | |
| Mardin, Christian, Prof. Dr. med., Germany, Erlangen, Universtiy Erlangen-Nürnberg | |
| H46 | |
| Optic Nerve -> Optic Neuropathies -> Optic Neuritis -> Case, Acute Optic Neuritis, HHV6 | |
| emergency, virus | |
| 6818 |
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