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Table 2 Clinical manifestations in patients with visual disturbances secondary to ISSIDs

From: Clinical features of visual disturbances secondary to isolated sphenoid sinus inflammatory diseases

Visual disturbance

No. of patients

Intervala

Initial Ophthalmic diagnosis

Accompanying symptoms

Radiologic findings

Pathologic diagnosis

Outcome (improvement)

≤1 month

>1 month

Headache (followed/accompanied by ocular symptoms)

ocular pain

nasal symptoms

FSS

SSM

SS

FSS

SSM

SS

FSS

SSM

SS

unilateral visual disturbance

15 (17 eyes) b

8

7

Optic neuropathy (9)

13 (7/6)

6

3

4

5

6

8

5

2

3 (3 eyes)

3 (4 eyes)

0

Optic neuritis (5)

Optic nerve atrophy (1)

bilateral visual disturbance

11 b

9

2

incomplete CNIII palsy (5)

8 (4/4)

3

2

0

4

7

3

4

4

3

4

4

Incomplete CNVI palsy (4)

complete CNVI palsy (2)

  1. Note: aThe interval between the onset of visual disturbance and operation
  2. bAmong them, there were three patients had visual loss and diplopia simultaneously
  3. SS sphenoid sinusitis, FSS fungal sphenoid sinusitis, SSM sphenoid sinus mucocele