Traumatic optic neuropathy: to treat or not to treat? Report of two cases.

CASE REPORTS: We present two cases of blunt ocular trauma with clinical findings and complementary tests compatible with traumatic optic neuropathy (TON), and progression to sectorial optic atrophy. DISCUSSION: TON have an essentially clinical diagnosis, and in the last few years has been treated with high doses of intravenous steroids, based on weak evidence of the benefit of the steroids in cases of medular trauma. Nevertheless, subsequent studies have concluded that there is a relatively high proportion of cases in all series with spontaneous visual recovery, and there was no convincing evidence of a benefit of steroids compared to observation only.