THE RESULTS OF THE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH OPTIC NEURITIS AT THE ONSET OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
Studied a set of diagnostic parameters in the two groups of patients with the first manifesto of optic neuritis at the onset of multiple sclerosis. 21 patients (42 eyes). Optic neuritis with ophthalmoscopically visible changes of the optic disk was combined with pronounced changes in OCT (no excavation, thickening of the retinal nerve fiber layer), the gross violations of EFI and demyelinating lesions in the optic nerve. Thinning of the layer of retinal ganglion cells was observed in all patients, as it took place at the thickening of retinal nerve fiber layer, and under normal terms RNFL. The combination of focal lesions of the optic nerve and the presence of lesions in the brain substance increases the probability of a definite diagnosis of MS.