PURPOSE: To evaluate optic nerve function by pattern visual evoked potentials (VEPs) in eyes with optic @entity4 due to @entity2479 associated with @entity11102 ( @entity11102 ). METHODS: Four eyes of four @entity1 with marked optic @entity4 resembling @entity7995 but diagnosed serologically as @entity11102 received systemic @entity134 treatment. VEPs elicited by black and white checkerboard stimuli created on a TV monitor were recorded before the treatment. RESULTS: The visual acuity (VA) in the affected eyes was decreased to 20/50 in two eyes and finger counting in two eyes at their initial visits. Ophthalmoscopic examination revealed @entity2479 characterized by severe optic @entity4 , chorioretinal exudates, and @entity1103 in all eyes. Anti-Bartonella henselae serum antibody was markedly elevated in all @entity1 confirming the diagnosis of @entity11102 . The P100 of the transient VEPs was only mildly reduced without a delay in the implicit times in three eyes and only slightly delayed in the other eye. The steady-state VEPs were mildly reduced in two eyes and phase-reversed in other two eyes. The VA fully recovered after systemic @entity134 treatment in all @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: Although all examined @entity1 showed marked swelling of the @entity1781 and visual decrease, the pattern VEPs were not affected as severely as in idiopathic @entity7995 . However, the degree of change of the pattern VEPs varied among @entity1 .

Pattern visual evoked potentials in eyes with @entity4 due to XXXX -associated @entity2479 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity2479 :: ('MESH:D012173', 'Disease') :: ['neuroretinitis'] @entity4 :: ('MESH:D004487', 'Disease') :: ['disc swelling'] @entity1103 :: ('MESH:D008269', 'Disease') :: ['macular edema'] @entity7995 :: ('MESH:D009902', 'Disease') :: ['optic neuritis'] @entity134 :: ('CHEBI:35341', 'Chemical') :: ['steroid'] @entity1781 :: ('MESH:D009901', 'Disease') :: ['optic disc'] @entity11102 :: ('MESH:D002372', 'Disease') :: ['cat scratch disease', 'CSD']
@entity11102 :: (MESH:D002372,Disease) :: ['cat scratch disease']
