title: Optic neuropathy in patient with Wegener's granulomatosis.
abstract: A 32-year-old white male presented to the Jones Eye Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences with blurred vision of the right eye (OD) and severe bilateral retrobulbar pain. He had an eight-year history of Wegener's granulomatosis. On examination there was optic disc edema OD and extensive bilateral orbital involvement with compression of the right optic nerve by neuroimaging studies. Optic nerve compression is rare in Wegener's granulomatosis. The ophthalmic manifestations are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Jones Eye Institute, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
authors.forename: Kirn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lovelace
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: Pomona
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Tracey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schmucker
authors.forename: Christopher T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Westfall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008776:Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D008776:Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate