title: [Cotton-wool spots as the first manifestation of giant cell arteritis: two cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study shows two patients with giant cell arteritis. Both patients showed single isolated cotton-wool spots as the only clinical manifestation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Single cotton-wool spots can be an early ophthalmoscopic finding in giant cell arteritis and can precede an important visual loss.
authors.affiliation: Hospital General del SACYL, Medina del Campo, Valladolid, Spain.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Asensio Sánchez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pegalajar Maeso
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Bravo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carrasco
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008775:Methylprednisolone
vernacular_title: Exudados algodonosos como primera manifestación de arteritis de células gigantes: dos casos.