TY  - JOUR
T1  - The origin of pain in optic neuritis: Determinants of pain in 101 eyes with optic neuritis
AU  - Lepore FE
Y1  - 1991/07/01
N1  - 10.1001/archneur.1991.00530190096021
JO  - Archives of Neurology
SP  - 748
EP  - 749
VL  - 48
IS  - 7
N2  - • In 101 eyes with either anterior or retro-bulbar optic neuropathy of ischemic or inflammatory origin, ocular pain occurred significantly more often with retrobulbar optic neuropathy. The association of pain with posterior optic nerve lesions supports Whitnall's hypothesis that the pain of optic nerve inflammation is caused by traction of the origins of the superior and medial recti on the optic nerve sheath at the orbital apex. Eye pain reflected neither severity nor origin of optic neuropathy.
SN  - 0003-9942
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archneur.1991.00530190096021
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1991.00530190096021
ER  -