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Optic neuropathy in a child with primary Sjögren's syndrome
J Rojas-Rodriguez1, M Garcia-Carrasco, E S Ramirez
1Department of Rheumatology, Specialties Hospital, Manuel Avila Camacho National Medical Center, Puebla, Mexico.
Revue Du Rhumatisme (English Ed.)
|June 24, 1998
Abstract:
An eight-year-old girl developed optic neuritis followed by primary Sjögren's syndrome confirmed by a lip biopsy. Glucocorticoid therapy combined during six months with monthly intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide ensured resolution of the sicca syndrome but failed to improve the visual impairment. This is the second pediatric case of optic neuritis associated with primary Sjögren's syndrome, and the first pediatric case in which optic neuritis was the only neurologic manifestation.