Abstract
PURPOSE: To report the development of a bilateral ocular ischemic syndrome despite corticosteroid treatment in a patient with giant cell arteritis. METHOD: Case report. RESULTS: Despite receiving high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone and oral prednisone for biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis that presented as a severe anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in the right eye, a patient developed progressive ocular ischemia in that eye as well as an ocular ischemic syndrome in the fellow eye. CONCLUSIONS: Some patients with giant cell arteritis, possibly patients with other underlying systemic vasculopathies, are refractory to what should be adequate treatment with systemic corticosteroids and may develop a bilateral ocular ischemic syndrome.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 102-104 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | American journal of ophthalmology |
Volume | 127 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1999 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ophthalmology