Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, inflammatory, degenerative disease of the central nervous system. Visual evoked potentials (VEP) are performed to assess conduction along the visual pathways. Involvement of visual pathways without visual complaints may be shown in VEP studies. In this study, VEP findings are investigated in MS patients without history of optic neuritis.

METHODS

The study was performed in Izmir Tepecik Educational and Research Hospital, Department of Neurology. VEP results are observed in 50 patients.

RESULTS

In 26 of 50 patient, P100 latencies were above the normal limits.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

In our study, we showed that asymptomatic optic neuritis is frequently seen in MS patients. Our results are concordant with previous findings. We also observed that VEP is a sensitive diagnostic tool in tde assesment of asymptomatic optic neuritis in patients with MS.