Rapid recovery from optic papillitis secondary to oto-mastoiditis in pediatric age
Tucciarone, L.; Anaclerio, S.; Tomassini, A.; Colasanti, A.; Sabbi, T.; Barbieri, M.A.
La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica Medical and Surgical Pediatrics 21(2): 83-84
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0391-5387 PMID: 10570787 Document Number: 503968
In this paper we report the case of an acute papillitis of the right optic nerve secundary to a mastoiditis and sinusitis of the same site in a 10-year old boy. At onset the child presented a painful movement of the ocular globe, monolateral amaurosis and papillary oedema. The exams have confirmed the correlation among mastoiditis, sinusitis and papillitis. At the same time, we were able to exclude the presence of endocranial tumours and alteration of the other side. The child underwent a steroid therapy with a complete recovery within 30 days.