title: A curious case of glaucoma?
abstract: An 84-year-old woman diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma was referred because her optic nerve appearance did not account for her visual field deficits. Further evaluation showed loss of color vision and rapid progression of visual field defects. Electroretinography revealed abnormal scotopic and photopic responses. Blood samples were positive for anti-retinal antibodies, but a malignancy work-up was negative, consistent with non-paraneoplastic autoimmune retinopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California. Electronic address: epinney@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Elizabeth L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Pinney
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: Henry A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Ferreyra
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, New Jersey Medical School of Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frohman
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology
keywords: anti-retinal antibodies; anti-transducin-α antibodies; autoimmune retinopathy; cancer associated retinopathy; non-paraneoplastic autoimmune retinopathy