Visual loss in Takayasu Arteritis – Look Beyond the Eye

oleh: Jayanthi Peter, George Joseph, Vivek Mathew, John Victor Peter

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2014-08-01

Deskripsi

Patients with Takayasu arteritis often present with reduced vision related either to the disease per se or due to complications of therapy. We report a patient with Takayasu arteritis who developed acute onset bilateral visual loss 6wks following percutaneous revascularization of occluded aortic arch branches. No ocular cause for the visual loss was evident. The reason for visual loss in this patient was an extraocular cause. Ocular and extraocular causes of visual loss in Takayasu arteritis are discussed.