Authors year
Patient characteristics
Presenting symptoms
Treatment
Systemic steroid response
Ernst, B et al.(12) 1991 Van de Scheur et al. (13) 2002 A 25-year-old woman A 39-year-old man Blurred Visual acuity in the right eye Bilateral visual loss Pulse methylprednisolone 2 intermittent courses of systemic steroids for 3 weeks in doses of up to 60 mg yes yes
Sung H et al.(14) 2006
A 22-year-old man
Loss of visual acuity
High dose steroid treatment
yes
Taxiarchis F et al.(15) 2009
A 32-year-old man
Not mentioned
Intravenous methylprednisolone (1g/day for 3 days)
Not mentioned
-Barabinoet et al.(4) 2011
An 11-year-old boy
Bilateral visual loss
Intravenous methylprednisolone (30mg/kg/day for 3 days ) followed by an oral prednisone taper
yes
-McClelland et al.(7) 2012
A 42-year-old man
Painless loss of the entire visual field in the left eye
Intravenous methylprednisolone (1g/day for 1 week) followed by an oral prednisone taper and corticosteroid eye drops
yes