[Recurring inflammation of optic nerve after long-time therapy with hormonal contraceptive anacyclin 28 (author's transl)].

Casuistic report on a 44-years old woman with long-time therapy with hormonal contraceptive about of 10 years. Disease began after some time only subjective symptoms and manifested itself primarily as inflammation of optic nerve in the retrobulbar, secondly, as papillitis, in the intrabulbar part of the nerve. The possibility of an vascular disease while therapy with contraceptive is mentioned.