title: Treatable blindness in temporal arteritis.
abstract: Temporal arteritis is a common cause of blindness. Prompt steroid treatment limits unilateral visual loss while protecting the contralateral eye. Established blindness is irreversible. We report a case of temporal arteritis in which an eye with no light perception secondary to an arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy regained 6/6 vision.
authors.affiliation: Cheltenham General Hospital.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Diamond
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D008775:Methylprednisolone