title: Ischemic optic neuritis in Churg-Strauss syndrome.
abstract: There are few reports of neuro-ophthalmologic involvement in Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSs). We described a case of unilateral optic atrophy in a 46-year-old-white man with CSs. The patient had severe bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, hypereosinophilia (8%) and peripheral neuropathy. The visual acuity in his right eye was light perception. At the biomicroscopy there were no corneal and conjunctival lesions. Ophthalmoscopy showed a pale right optic disc and fluorangiography revealed a marked hypofluorescence of the disc at early phase of angiogram. We suggested that the optic atrophy was most probably due to vasculitis of the ciliary arteries.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Oftalmologia, Università La Sapienza, Rome.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Giorgi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Laganà
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giorgi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verrastro
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grandinetti
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Grandinetti
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Gabrieli
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy / Q000209:etiology; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009443:Neuritis / Q000209:etiology*; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000098:blood supply*