Dr. Rebika, R16797,Dr. Rohit Saxena, Dr. Pradeep Sharma
This is a cross-sectional hospital-based observational study to evaluate the clinical profile of patients presenting to Neuro-ophthalmology clinic(NOC) of a tertiary care centre in 1 year. A total of 30111 patients were evaluated of which 1597(5%) were referred to NOC. The mean age of patients was 31 years(31+19.53) with male predominance. In 1597 patients, optic nerve disorders were noted in 63.8%(n=1020), cranial nerve palsy in 7%(n=114), cortical visual impairment in 6.5%(n=105) and others(disc hypoplasia, blepharospasm, optic nerve head drusen etc) were 6%(n=96). Among the optic nerve disorders, primary optic neuropathy (traumatic, hereditary, tumor related, retro bulbar neuritis, toxic & idiopathic) was noted in 42.8%(n=685) and secondary optic neuropathy(Ischemic, post papilledema optic neuropathy, post-papillitis, neuroretinitis, inflammatory) were 20.9 %(n=335). 16.4%(n=263) patients were wrongly referrals.