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Fundus photo on presentation showing bilateral generalised optic disc swelling with splinter haemorrhages.
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Posterior segment examination revealed bilateral generalised optic disc swelling, tortuous vessels, and splinter haemorrhages, which were more in the right eye (Figure 1).
Fundus photo after three weeks of treatment showing regression of the optic disc swelling and splinter haemorrhages.
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There was regression of the optic disc swelling and splinter haemorrhages (Figure 2).
Fundus photo after six weeks of treatment showing resolution of the optic disc swelling and haemorrhages bilaterally.
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After six weeks of prolonged steroids on tapering dose, the vision improved to 6/6 in both eyes, with normalized optic nerve function tests including colour vision (15/15 plates) and resolution of the optic disc swelling and haemorrhages bilaterally (Figure 3).