Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis Associated with Infliximab in a Patient with Crohn Disease

  1. Betsy Y.C. Strong, MD;
  2. Barbara C. Erny, MD;
  3. Howard Herzenberg, MD; and
  4. Kristen J. Razzeca, MD
  1. From Camino Medical Group, Sunnyvale, CA 94086.

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    TO THE EDITOR:

    Case Report: A 45-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus and Crohn disease developed retrobulbar optic neuritis that was temporally associated with infliximab treatment. Three years earlier, she had Bell palsy, which resolved. Two years earlier, she received a diagnosis of Crohn disease and …

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