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DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109728
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Therapie von Sehnerverkrankungen – der aktuelle Stand
Treatment of Optic Neuropathies – State of the ArtPublication History
Eingegangen: 10.7.2009
Angenommen: 3.8.2009
Publication Date:
13 November 2009 (online)

Zusammenfassung
Erkrankungen des Sehnervs haben vielfältige Ursachen und sind zusammen mit der Makuladegeneration die häufigste Ursache irreversibler Sehstörungen. Neben dem in dieser Arbeit nicht diskutierten Glaukom umfassen die wichtigsten Krankheitskategorien entzündliche, ischämische, kompressive, toxische, hereditäre und neoplastische Ursachen. Allen gemeinsam ist ihre Einmündung in Optikusatrophie, die auf molekularer Ebene teilweise noch nicht aufgeklärt ist, sowie ihre eingeschränkten Behandlungsoptionen. In dieser Übersichtsarbeit werden die wichtigsten Sehnerverkrankungen diskutiert, und es wird insbesondere kritisch auf die Verwendung von Kortikosteroiden bei Neuritis nervi optici, ischämischer Optikusneuropathie und traumatischer Optikusneuropathie eingegangen.
Abstract
Optic nerve diseases have various causes and are together with macular degeneration the most common causes of severe irreversible visual dysfunction. Apart from glaucoma, which will not be discussed in this review, the most common categories are inflammatory, ischaemic, compressive, toxic, hereditary, and neoplastic. They all share optic atrophy as a common end stage as well as the fact that treatment options are rather hampered, partially due to the fact that the molecular mechanisms of axonal loss are yet not understood well enough. This review covers most optic nerve diseases and places special emphasis on the use of corticosteroids in optic neuritis, ischaemic optic neuropathy and traumatic optic neuropathy.
Schlüsselwörter
Sehnerv - Optikusatrophie - Behandlung - Steroide
Key words
optic nerve - optic atrophy - treatment - steroids
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