Clinical case – Recovery of visual function in LHON after brain surgery

Patiënt:

Two brothers, aged 60 and 62, reported vision loss at the age of 19 and 20, with visual recovery following neurosurgical intervention.

Discussion:

What is opto-chiasmatic arachnoiditis? What is the incidence of spontaneous recovery in LHON? What is the relationship with meningeal surgery?

Piero Barboni, Scientific Institute San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy and Studio Oculistico d’Azeglio, Bologna, Italy

Valerio Carelli, Department Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy and

IRCCS, Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Programma di Neurogenetica, Bologna, Italy