Khan Beenish, Nasir Saad, Hanif Shahina
Ophthalmology, United Medical and Dental College, Creek General Hospital, Karachi, PAK.
Internal Medicine, United Medical and Dental College, Creek General Hospital, Karachi, PAK.
Cureus. 2020 Apr 21;12(4):e7768. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7768.
Mumps is a contagious viral illness that classically presents with fever, parotid gland swelling, headache, and vomiting in unimmunized children. The complications of mumps most commonly include orchitis, pancreatitis, encephalitis, and meningitis. Optic neuritis, which refers to the inflammation of the optic nerve, in rare cases, can present after mumps meningoencephalitis and causes pain in the eye, and a decrease in visual acuity. We report and discuss a case of bilateral optic neuritis following mumps meningoencephalitis in a child. The patient was managed with short-term steroid therapy.
腮腺炎是一种具有传染性的病毒性疾病,在未接种疫苗的儿童中,典型症状为发热、腮腺肿大、头痛和呕吐。腮腺炎的并发症最常见的包括睾丸炎、胰腺炎、脑炎和脑膜炎。视神经炎是指视神经的炎症,在极少数情况下,可在腮腺炎脑膜脑炎后出现,导致眼部疼痛和视力下降。我们报告并讨论了一例儿童腮腺炎脑膜脑炎后发生双侧视神经炎的病例。该患者接受了短期类固醇治疗。