EARLY ONSET OPTIC NEURITIS FOLLOWING MEASLES-RUBELLA VACCINATION

Early Onset Optic Neuritis Following Measles-Rubella Vaccination

Early Onset Optic Neuritis Following Measles-Rubella Vaccination

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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.

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CASE REPORT: Two teenage patients developed acute optic neuritis 6 to 7 hours after MR booster vaccination.The first patient demonstrated bilateral papillitis and severe visual loss but improved significantly Clear RP Parts with pulse intravenous steroid therapy with methylprednisolone 500 mg/day.The second patient had unilateral retrobulbar optic neuritis and demonstrated excellent visual recovery without intervention.

CONCLUSION: Acute optic neuritis is a rare complication of MR vaccination and may occur early after immunization.</p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:RelyOnVML /> <o:AllowPNG /> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Palatino; mso-font-alt:"Book Antiqua"; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:7 0 0 0 147 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.

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