Optic neuropathy induced by ethambutol: A rare case from Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Ethambutol is a drug used against tuberculosis and causes side effects like problems with vision, which may lead to optic neuropathy. It has a low prevalence of 1% and typically develops after 4-12 months of its medications.

Case presentation

Here, we report a case of a 42-year-old male with ethambutol-induced optic neuropathy after six weeks of initiations of ethambutol.

Discussion

Nutritional and tobacco/alcohol, ischemia, compressive, demyelinating, and genetic optic neuropathies were all ruled out as differential diagnosis for toxic optic neuropathy. Because our patient did not have vasculopathy and his vision loss was progressive on follow up and bilateral, rather than acute and unilateral, as is more usual with an ischemic disease, ischemic optic ne

SUBMITTER: Shah S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9142658 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature