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How would you advise a younger patient with residual/recurrent optic nerve meningioma, proceeding with radiotherapy, about the risks of malignant transformation or induction of other brain malignancies because of radiation?
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What brain imaging findings do you find reliable to help support a diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension?
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When do you use GLP-1 receptor agonists for the management of patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)?
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How do you counsel patients with GCA on the benefits of steroids who have already experienced vision loss?
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How would you approach the upfront management of a patient with acute unilateral vision loss with strong clinical risk factors for both cardioembolic stroke and GCA if an expedited MRI is not possible due to the presence of an AICD?
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What criteria do you use to decide the duration of IV steroids in patients with optic neuritis?
Is it necessary to do a taper afterward and what would be the recommended tapering schedule/duration? 
1 Answer available
How do you utilize Diamox in patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis and vision symptoms who do not undergo thrombectomy/recanalization?
3 Answers available
Do you utilize thrombolytic therapy in patients with CRAO?
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What baseline visual testing, if any, do you recommend at diagnosis for patients with multiple sclerosis who deny visual complaints?
1 Answer available
What is your approach to the treatment of visual snow syndrome?
1 Answer available
Do you routinely obtain baseline vascular imaging (CTA, MRA, PET) in patients with suspected GCA, but negative temporal artery biopsy?
Per 2021 GCA Vasculitis Guidelines: low evidence, but conditional recommendation for CTA neck, chest, abd/pelvis. Is anybody following this or do you ...
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How do you manage a patient with giant cell arteritis treated with weekly tocilizumab and low dose glucocorticoid who develops sudden vision loss?
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How do you evaluate asymptomatic patients referred for benign intracranial hypertension?
If patients are asymptomatic, what work up do you typically proceed with?
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Can giant cell arteritis present with a partial cranial neuropathy?
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Would you recommend medical therapy for asymptomatic idiopathic intracranial hypertension with completely normal visual field testing?
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How do you approach the management of patients with one clinical demyelinating event and MOG+ antibody status?
Do you wait for a second clinical event or start immunomodulatory therapy right away?
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How do you approach the management of acute attacks of MOGAD-associated optic neuritis?
Specifically, what do you do if there is minimal improvement with IV steroids and/or IVIG?
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How to you treat pregnant women who develop Bell's Palsy?
1 Answer available
Which method do you prefer to assess for stigmata of old optic neuropathy?
Ex. optical coherence tomography, visual-evoked potentials
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What is your steroid-sparing agent of choice to treat GCA given the current tocilizumab shortage?
Thoughts on sarilumab vs methotrexate, or just treat with steroids alone
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Papers discussed in this category

Mult Scler Relat Disord, 2020 Dec 16
Interleukin-6 inhibition with tocilizumab for relapsing MOG-IgG associated disorder (MOGAD): A case-series and review.
Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation, 2017-07
Optical coherence tomography and visual evoked potentials in pediatric MS.
J Med Life,
Optical coherence tomography versus visual evoked potentials in detecting subclinical visual impairment in multiple sclerosis.
J Clin Neurol, 2018 Feb 28
Optical Coherence Tomography versus Visual Evoked Potentials for Detecting Visual Pathway Abnormalities in Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder.
Mult Scler, 2014 Mar 03
Optical coherence tomography and visual evoked potentials: which is more sensitive in multiple sclerosis?
Mult Scler Relat Disord, 2016 Dec 23
Sensitivity of visual evoked potentials and spectral domain optical coherence tomography in early relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis.
N Engl J Med,
Trial of Tocilizumab in Giant-Cell Arteritis.
Lancet, 2016 Mar 04
Tocilizumab for induction and maintenance of remission in giant cell arteritis: a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Arthritis Rheum,
Adjunctive methotrexate for treatment of giant cell arteritis: an individual patient data meta-analysis.
Obstet Gynecol Surv,
Bell's Palsy in Pregnancy.
Arthritis Res Ther, 2021 Mar 22
Vision loss in patients with giant cell arteritis treated with tocilizumab.
JAMA Neurol,
The Dilemma of Diagnosing Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Without Papilledema in Patients With Chronic Migraine.
JAMA Neurol,
Prevalence of Incidentally Detected Signs of Intracranial Hypertension on Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Their Association With Papilledema.
European journal of neurology, 2013 Mar 29
Safety of lumbar puncture in patients with cerebral venous thrombosis.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2015-03
Large-vessel giant cell arteritis: a cohort study.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 2008 Jul
Treatment of acute optic neuritis: a summary of findings from the optic neuritis treatment trial.
Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, 2015 Dec
Brain Imaging in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.
Neurology, 2013 Aug 21
Revised diagnostic criteria for the pseudotumor cerebri syndrome in adults and children.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2009-11-15
Visual outcome and tumor control after conformal radiotherapy for patients with optic nerve sheath meningioma.
Mayo Clinic proceedings, 1978-02
Visual prognosis of optic nerve sheath meningiomas producing shunt vessels on the optic disk.
Current opinion in ophthalmology, 2020 Nov
Optic nerve sheath meningioma.
Journal of Cancer, 2025 Feb 10
Malignant Transformation of Meningiomas.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 2025 Jun 27
Stereotactic radiosurgery for optic nerve sheath meningiomas: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.
Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.), 2022 Sep 22
Long-Term Visual Function After Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma: A Retrospective Analysis of 34 Subjects.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 2025 May 09
Hypofractionated Radiosurgery (25 Gy/5 Fractions) for Optic Nerve Sheath Meningiomas: Results From an Exploratory Phase 2 Prospective Trial.
Journal of neuro-oncology, 2009 Apr 01
Fractionated stereotactic radiation therapy in the management of primary optic nerve sheath meningiomas.
Eye (London, England), 2023 Jun 22
The treatment efficacy of radiotherapy for optic nerve sheath meningioma.
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 2021 Oct 21
Radiotherapy for the treatment of optic nerve sheath meningioma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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