Open AccessRefractory Giant Cell Arteritis Complicated by Vision Loss From Optic Atrophy and Maculopathy Associated With Pachymeningitis
Author(s) -
Jorge A. Uribe,
Ishita Aggarwal,
Juthamat Witthayaweerasak,
Yaping Joyce Liao,
Gerald J. Berry,
Umesh K. Sab,
Cornelia M. Weyand
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of neuro-ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1536-5166
pISSN - 1070-8022
DOI - 10.1097/wno.0000000000000566
Subject(s) - giant cell arteritis , maculopathy , atrophy , medicine , ophthalmology , arteritis , pathology , vasculitis , disease , retinopathy , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
We describe a 75-year-old woman who experienced vision loss in her left eye due to biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA). She subsequently developed pachymeningitis causing refractory headaches and bilateral optic neuropathy and maculopathy.