Journal article
Recovery of vision from no light perception in giant cell arteritis
Archives of ophthalmology (1960), Vol.130(8), pp.1080-1082
08/2012
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.308
PMID: 22893089
Abstract
Up to 50% of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) have visual symptoms early in the disease course, in most cases due to anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION).1 The vision loss from AION in GCA is often devastating, with the initial visual acuity being 20/200 or worse in more than 50% of patients.1,2 There is often, but not always, pallid optic disc edema and there is rarely a significant recovery, even with timely initiation of corticosteroids.2-6 We describe a patient with biopsy-proven GCA who had severe vision loss due to AION but had almost complete recovery of vision over subsequent weeks.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Recovery of vision from no light perception in giant cell arteritis
- Creators
- Matthew J ThurtellRandy H Kardon
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of ophthalmology (1960), Vol.130(8), pp.1080-1082
- DOI
- 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.308
- PMID
- 22893089
- NLM abbreviation
- Arch Ophthalmol
- ISSN
- 0003-9950
- eISSN
- 1538-3601
- Publisher
- American Medical Association; United States
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2012
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983979968902771
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