Claire Howard

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: Neuro-Ophthalmology

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Positive diagnosis of acute posterior ischaemic optic nerve neuropathy

1 December 2015 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | DWI, PION, Diffusion restriction, diffusion-weighted imaging, posterior ischaemic optic neuropathy

Posterior ischaemic optic neuropathy is a rare cause of visual loss believed to be due to infarction in the territory of the pial branches of the ophthalmic artery. There is an absence of clinical signs which means the diagnosis is...

Rituximab as an immunosuppression treatment for thyroid eye disease

1 October 2015 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Biologic therapy, Graves disease, Graves orbitopathy, ophthalmopathy rituximab, thyroid-associated orbitopathy, thyroid eye disease

Thyroid eye disease is traditionally treated with high dose glucocorticosteroids and surgical orbital decompression, where responses are often inadequate. This medical treatment is centred around symptom control and reduction of thyroid hormone synthesis, not immunosuppression. Rituximab is an anti-CD20 monoclonal...

Selection of visual field test for detection of pituitary disease

1 October 2015 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Humphrey, kinetic, octopus, perimetry, pituitary, static

This prospective cross-sectional diagnostic accuracy study compared Octopus semi-automated kinetic perimetry (SKP) and Humphrey static automated central perimetry for detection of neurological visual field loss in patients with pituitary disease. Humphrey central 30-2 SITA threshold programme results were compared with...