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Optic neuritis in hypoparathyroidism

From the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.

Disk swelling in patients with hypoparathyroidism has often been attributed to papilledema but rarely to optic neuritis. Although we are reporting a patient with hypoparathyroidism in whom optic neuritis developed, a causal relationship is not yet clear. The patient may have had ischemie optic neuropathy concomitant with hypoparathyroidism or caused by tetanic vasospasm or calcification of optic nerve nutrient vessels.

Reprint requests should be addressed to Dr. Bajandas, Division of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78284.

Received for publication August 14, 1975.

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