Ischemic optic neuritis in Churg-Strauss syndrome.
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.
Giorgi
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Istituto di Oftalmologia, Università La Sapienza, Rome.
Laganà
B
B
Giorgi
A
A
Verrastro
G
G
Grandinetti
F
F
Grandinetti
P P
PP
Gabrieli
C B
CB
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*