Author Response: Frequency of Asymptomatic Optic Nerve Enhancement in a Large Retrospective Cohort of Patients With Aquaporin-4+ NMOSD. (7th February 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, John; Shah, Shailee
• Is Part Of: Neurology. Volume 100:Number 6(2023)
• Page Start: 310
• Page End: 310
• Publication Date: 2023-02-07
• Subjects: Neurology -- Periodicals; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neurologie -- Périodiques; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000206848
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0028-3878

Abstract

Abstract : We thank Dr. Cao and colleagues for raising several interesting points regarding our article. 1 We agree that recurrent optic neuritis (ON) cannot be definitively ruled out. However, patients' examinations at the time of scans did not reveal clinical evidence of ON. Long-term visual acuity was similar between patients with and without interattack enhancement, and the impact of acute therapeutics on asymptomatic lesions in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder is unknown. 1 Therefore, we do not feel that acute intervention is entirely justified.