PURPOSE: To report the incidence, visual symptoms, and ocular signs of occult giant cell arteritis in patients ... consisted of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in 17 (94.4%), central retinal ...
Giant cell arteritis, or GCA, is a condition where arteries ... One of the arteries that is commonly affected provides blood to the optic nerve, and if the optic nerve is starved of blood it ...
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) can be successfully treated with the oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor upadacitinib (Rinvoq), ...
Abbreviations: AION, anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; BRAO, branch retinal artery occlusion; CWS, cotton-wool spots; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; GCA ...
we diagnosed anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in giant cell arteritis. We immediately started systemic steroid treatment to prevent further vasculitic occlusions of blood vessels. With the help ...