title: Visual loss in Takayasu Arteritis - Look Beyond the Eye.
abstract: Patients with Takayasu arteritis often present with reduced vision related either to the disease per se or due to complications of therapy. We report a patient with Takayasu arteritis who developed acute onset bilateral visual loss 6wks following percutaneous revascularization of occluded aortic arch branches. No ocular cause for the visual loss was evident. The reason for visual loss in this patient was an extraocular cause. Ocular and extraocular causes of visual loss in Takayasu arteritis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Christian Medical College , Vellore, India .
authors.forename: Jayanthi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Cardiology Unit I, Christian Medical College , Vellore, India .
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Neurology, Christian Medical College , Vellore, India .
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College , Vellore, India .
authors.forename: John Victor
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Peter
keywords: Ischemia; Takayasu arteritis; Visual loss