A Case of Multiple Sclerosis in Child Showing Homonymous Hemianopia
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
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: 767-771, 2003.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To report a case of multiple sclerosis showing homonymous hemianopia which is rare in multiple sclerosis.METHODS:
A 6-year-old male patient presented with headache and seizure. A brain MRI demonstrated multiple high signal lesions along subcortical white matter of both cerebral hemispheres. A visual field examination demonstrated left homonymous hemianopia. Visual field defect was improved after intravenous steroid theraphy.RESULTS:
Multiple sclerosis is rare under age ten, and homonymous hemianopia also rarely occurs in multiple sclerosis.
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Main subject:
Seizures
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Brain
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Visual Fields
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Optic Neuritis
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Hemianopsia
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Cerebrum
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Headache
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Multiple Sclerosis
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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