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Visual recovery from radiation-induced optic neuropathy. The role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy
F X Borruat1, N J Schatz, J S Glaser
1Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit, University of Miami, Florida.
Journal of Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
|June 1, 1993
Abstract:
Optic neuropathy resulting in permanent visual loss is an infrequent delayed complication of radiation therapy. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) has been used to treat such a complication, but its efficacy is controversial. We report a patient who presented with radiation-induced optic neuropathy 17 months after irradiation for a left maxillary antrum melanoma. HBO fully reversed visual loss in the more recently involved eye, and slightly improved vision in the earlier affected eye.