Mycoplasma pneumoniae is an atypical bacterium that can cause a great variety of respiratory infections and be responsible for ocular involvement such as conjunctivitis, anterior uveitis and very rarely optic neuropathy. We report herein an additional case of bilateral optic disc swelling with profound visual loss following Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia and review the world literature on the ocular manifestations associated with this pathogen.
BCG chorioretinitis is a rare complication that can be seen after intravesical BCG therapy. BCG is a live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis. Two mechanisms can be proposed as the origin of ocular inflammation: a local immune response or a direct choroidal mycobacterial infection.
Bilateral steroid-responsive anterior optic neuropathy can be the initial manifestation of systemic lymphoma, but this case illustrates the diagnostic dilemma of some anterior optic neuropathies.
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