Delayed choroidal perfusion in giant cell arteritis.

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, December 1991, Volume 11, Issue 4
Date 1991-12
Language eng
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Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 226044
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p30463

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Title Delayed choroidal perfusion in giant cell arteritis.
Creator Mack, H.G.; O'Day, J.; Currie, J.N.
Affiliation Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Abstract The fundus fluorescein angiograms of 13 patients with visual disturbance due to biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis (11 with anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION); 2 with visual obscurations only) were compared with the fluorescein angiograms from 33 patients with acute nonarteritic AION and 23 age-matched normal eyes. In all 13 patients with giant cell arteritis, the fluorescein angiograms showed a significant delay of choroidal filling time (mean 69 seconds) in comparison with either normal subjects (mean 5.8 seconds) or patients with nonarteritic AION (mean 5.5 seconds). In patients presenting with acute AION, the finding of delayed choroidal filling on fluorescein angiography should raise the index of suspicion of giant cell arteritis and lead to prompt investigation and treatment.
Subject Acute Disease; Adult; Older people; Older people, 80 and over; Choroid; Female; Fluorescein Angiography; Follow-Up Studies; Fundus Oculi; Giant Cell Arteritis; Humans; Ischemia; Male; Optic Nerve Diseases; Perfusion; Visual Acuity
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Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 226024
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p30463/226024