Hyperacute Corticosteroid Treatment of Optic Neuritis at the Onset of Pain May Prevent Visual Loss: A Case Series

<table>Disc photographs, Goldmann visual fields, and MR images of patient 1. (a)–(f) represent the initial episode in the right eye and (g)–(l) represent the recurrence in the left eye. Figure (e) is a coronal STIR image showing high signal within the right optic nerve, and Figure (f) is a coronal T1 fat saturation postgadolinium image showing associated optic nerve enhancement. (k) and (l) are coronal STIR and T1 postgadolinium images showing left optic nerve swelling and enhancement.</table>

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Figure 1: Hyperacute Corticosteroid Treatment of Optic Neuritis at the Onset of Pain May Prevent Visual Loss: A Case Series 