Authors year
Patient characteristics
Presenting symptoms
Treatment
Systemic steroid response
Menon et al.(16) 2001
A 20-year-old man
Sudden diminution of vision in the right eye
Intravenous methylprednisolone (1g for 3 days) followed by 60 mg oral prednisolone/day for 10 days
2 attacks of optic neuritis in the left eye after one year
Y-S Chou et al.(17) 2011
A 31-year-old woman
Sudden pain and decreased vision in the right eye
Pulse steroid therapy for 3 days
No obvious visual field defect on the third day
Zhao et al. (18) 2015
A 31-year-old man
Sudden decreased vision in two eyes
Intravenous methylprednisolone (1 g/day for 3 days) followed by 1mg/kg oral prednisolone for 10 days and tapered
Improvement of the Visual acuity in the right eye after a follow-up period of 2 years/ No improvement of the visual acuity in the left eye after a follow-up period of 2 years