Primary Sjgren's syndrome related optic neuritis

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2013-06-16
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AIM:Todeterminetheclinicalfeatures,diagnosisandtreatmentoftheprimarySjogrensyndrome(SS)relatedopticneuritis.METHODS:Theclinicaldataof8patients(12eyes)withprimarySSrelatedopticneuritiswereanalyzedretrospectively.RESULTS:Eightof128consecutivepatientswithopticneuritisresultedfromvariedcausesfulfilledthediagnosticcriteriafortheprimarySS.Theypresentedinitiallywiththesignsandsymptomsofnon-specificopticneuritis,and5patientspresentingwithoutdrynessshowedachronicinflammationofsubmandibularglandorparotidgland,andlymphocyteinfiltrationwasdemonstratedbylabialglandbiopsyin2patients.Therewereserumpositivetitersforanti-SjogrensyndromeA(SSA)in7patientsandanti-SjogrensyndromeB(SSB)in8patients.Anti-aquaporin-4(AQP4)antibodywasnegativeinallthe8patients.Bothglucocorticoidsandimmunosuppressiveagentwereadministered,andvisualacuityelevatedin8eyes(66.7%),3patients(37.5%)recurredinthefollow-up.CONCLUSION:PrimarySSrelatedopticneuritisislesscommonandeasilymisdiagnosed.Theconventionaltherapiesforopticneuritiscouldnotcontroltherecurrence.