OPHTHALMIC ARTERY OCCLUSION IN RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS

Autor:	Eric D. Weichel, Andrew S. Eiseman
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity business.industry Vascular disease General Medicine Light perception medicine.disease Surgery Ophthalmology Ophthalmic artery medicine.artery Occlusion Medicine In patient medicine.symptom business Relapsing polychondritis
Zdroj:	RETINAL Cases & Brief Reports. 3:18-20
ISSN:	1935-1089
DOI:	10.1097/icb.0b013e31813c68db
Popis:	PURPOSE: To describe ophthalmic artery occlusion in a patient with relapsing polychondritis. METHODS: Observational case report RESULTS: : An acute episode of relapsing polychondritis caused ophthalmic artery occlusion with resultant visual acuity of no light perception. CONCLUSION: Ophthalmic artery occlusion can occur in patients with relapsing polychondritis. Patients with relapsing polychondritis need close follow-up to exclude severe vascular disease.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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