Title |
Preferential Ganglion Cell Loss in the Nasal Hemiretina in Patients With Pituitary Tumor |
Creator |
Ah Reum Jeong, MD; Eun-Young Kim, MD, PhD; Na Rae Kim, MD, PhD |
Affiliation |
Department of Ophthalmology and Inha Vision Science Laboratory (ARJ, NRK), Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea; and Department of Neurosurgery (EYK), Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea |
Abstract |
A 75-year-old woman with new onset headaches and left vision loss, temporal scalp tenderness, and jaw claudication was found to have biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (GCA). Despite treatment and improvement with prednisone, she later developed left orbital apex syndrome, and an orbital biopsy revealed aspergillosis. After antifungal treatment, extraocular motility improved although vision in the left eye remained no light perception. Clinicians should be aware that fungal orbital apex disease may mimic or complicate steroid-treated GCA. |
Subject |
Older people; Aspergillosis; Biopsy; Eye Infections, Fungal; Female; Giant Cell Arteritis; Humans; Orbit; Orbital Diseases; Temporal Arteries; Tomography, X-Ray Computed |
Date |
2016-06 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Publication Type |
Journal Article |
Source |
Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, June 2016, Volume 36, Issue 2 |
Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s61v98f0 |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
ID |
1276491 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61v98f0 |