Combined Left Central Retinal Artery Occlusion and Bilateral Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuritis: A Rare Presentation of Giant Cell Arteritis
Giant cell arteritis, a large vessel vasculitis is characterized by headache, visual impairment, constitutional symptoms, and increased inflammatory markers. Visual involvement in giant cell arteritis ranges from amaurosis fugax to permanent visual loss, and extensive bilateral visual impairment is...
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| author | Anne D. D. Joseph Jebananthy Anandaselvam Pradeepan Thirunavukarasu Kumanan Muthusamy Malaravan |
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| description | Giant cell arteritis, a large vessel vasculitis is characterized by headache, visual impairment, constitutional symptoms, and increased inflammatory markers. Visual involvement in giant cell arteritis ranges from amaurosis fugax to permanent visual loss, and extensive bilateral visual impairment is a rare presentation. We hereby report a case of combined left central retinal artery occlusion and bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuritis in a patient who poorly responded to standard corticosteroid therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1c9f4f4c344b4a48ae203fa94f54bb5c2025-02-03T01:12:01ZengWileyCase Reports in Rheumatology2090-68892090-68972019-01-01201910.1155/2019/32368213236821Combined Left Central Retinal Artery Occlusion and Bilateral Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuritis: A Rare Presentation of Giant Cell ArteritisAnne D. D. Joseph0Jebananthy Anandaselvam Pradeepan1Thirunavukarasu Kumanan2Muthusamy Malaravan3University Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri LankaUniversity Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri LankaUniversity Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri LankaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri LankaGiant cell arteritis, a large vessel vasculitis is characterized by headache, visual impairment, constitutional symptoms, and increased inflammatory markers. Visual involvement in giant cell arteritis ranges from amaurosis fugax to permanent visual loss, and extensive bilateral visual impairment is a rare presentation. We hereby report a case of combined left central retinal artery occlusion and bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuritis in a patient who poorly responded to standard corticosteroid therapy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3236821 |
| spellingShingle | Anne D. D. Joseph Jebananthy Anandaselvam Pradeepan Thirunavukarasu Kumanan Muthusamy Malaravan Combined Left Central Retinal Artery Occlusion and Bilateral Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuritis: A Rare Presentation of Giant Cell Arteritis Case Reports in Rheumatology |
| title | Combined Left Central Retinal Artery Occlusion and Bilateral Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuritis: A Rare Presentation of Giant Cell Arteritis |
| title_full | Combined Left Central Retinal Artery Occlusion and Bilateral Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuritis: A Rare Presentation of Giant Cell Arteritis |
| title_fullStr | Combined Left Central Retinal Artery Occlusion and Bilateral Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuritis: A Rare Presentation of Giant Cell Arteritis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Combined Left Central Retinal Artery Occlusion and Bilateral Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuritis: A Rare Presentation of Giant Cell Arteritis |
| title_short | Combined Left Central Retinal Artery Occlusion and Bilateral Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuritis: A Rare Presentation of Giant Cell Arteritis |
| title_sort | combined left central retinal artery occlusion and bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuritis a rare presentation of giant cell arteritis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3236821 |
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