TY - JOUR
T1 - Gradual Loss and Recovery of Vision in Temporal Arteritis
AU - Lipton, Richard B.
AU - Solomon, Seymour
AU - Wertenbaker, Christian
PY - 1985/12
Y1 - 1985/12
N2 - Visual loss in temporal arteritis is usually sudden and irreversible. In this article, we describe a patient who complained of slowly progressive visual loss in one eye, eventually followed by loss of vision in the other eye and ophthalmoparesis. A biopsy specimen confirmed the diagnosis of temporal arteritis. Steroid therapy resulted in almost total recovery of vision. The gradual loss and recovery of vision is attributed to reversible ischemia of the optic nerve. This case broadens the spectrum of temporal arteritis to include complaints of progressive visual loss over several months.
AB - Visual loss in temporal arteritis is usually sudden and irreversible. In this article, we describe a patient who complained of slowly progressive visual loss in one eye, eventually followed by loss of vision in the other eye and ophthalmoparesis. A biopsy specimen confirmed the diagnosis of temporal arteritis. Steroid therapy resulted in almost total recovery of vision. The gradual loss and recovery of vision is attributed to reversible ischemia of the optic nerve. This case broadens the spectrum of temporal arteritis to include complaints of progressive visual loss over several months.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1985.00360120124023
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1985.00360120124023
M3 - Article
C2 - 4074041
AN - SCOPUS:0022377566
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 145
SP - 2252
EP - 2253
JO - Archives of internal medicine
JF - Archives of internal medicine
IS - 12
ER -