Plasma Exchange Is Effective in a 13-Year-Old Girl with Steroid-Resistant Bilateral Optic Neuritis

Abstract

We describe a 13-year-old girl presenting with steroid-resistant bilateral optic neuritis. After plasma exchange (PE), the girl experienced full recovery of her visual acuity. During a 4-year follow-up no relapse occurred. As far as we know, this is the first report of PE treatment in optic neuritis in a child.

Keywords

optic neuritis - steroid-resistant - plasma exchange - children

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