Table 1

Baseline clinical features

% (n) or mean (SD)
Demographics
 Female66.7 (26)
 Age in years48.7 (12.4)
Duration of symptoms
 Acute (<1 month)12.8 (5)
 Chronic (>1 month)56.4 (22)
Symptoms
 Pain38.5 (15)
 Retrobulbar or periorbital73.3 (11)
 Headache26.6 (4)
 Visual loss (<20/40)33.3 (13)
 Optic nerve dysfunction (RAPD)76.9 (10)
 Hyperopic shift7.7 (1)
 Diplopia10.3 (4)
 Gaze-evoked amaurosis6.3 (2)
Signs
 Proptosis79.5 (31)
 RAPD33.3 (13)
 Acuity worse than 20/4028.2 (11)
 Abnormal visual field25.6 (10)
 Extinguished colour20.6 (7)
 Papilloedema10.5 (4)
 Choroidal folds5.4 (2)
 Tropias5.4 (2)
 Duction deficit20.0 (8)
Treatment
 Surgery76.3 (29)
 Observation15.4 (6)
 Radiotherapy9.1 (3)
Follow-up
 Length of follow-up in months18.39 (20.9)
 Recurrence0 (0)
 Metastases0 (0)
  • RAPD, relative afferent pupillary defect.