Giant cell arteritis presenting as bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy: a biopsy-proven case report in Chinese patient

BACKGROUND: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis of medium and large-size vessels and can led to permanent visual loss in elderly patients. GCA is very rare among Asians. We report a Chinese patient presenting with acute bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, and the temporal a...

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Autores principales: Tian, Guohong, Chen, Weimin, Chen, Qian, Wang, Min, Zhao, Guixian, Li, Zhenxin, Zhang, Jiong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6208180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30376812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-018-0953-5

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