Bilateral simultaneous anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, an extrahepatic manifestation of hepatitis C cured with direct acting antivirals.
We report a patient with a bilateral optic anterior ischemic neuropathy as an extrahepatic complication of a chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection. The patient presented with a bilateral visual acuity loss and bilateral optic disc oedema. The optic neuropathy was associated with a sudden increase in the viral HCV load after a recent liver transplantation. The stop of the calcineurin inhibitor had no effect on the course of the optic neuropathy. Visual improvement and normalization of HCV viraemia occurred after treatment with sofosbuvir and daclatasvir, which are direct acting antivirals.
Division of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sylvie
S
Prud'homme
Division Liver and Biliopancreatic Disorders, University Hospitals KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Frederik
F
Nevens
Division of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Ingele
I
Casteels
daclatasvir; hepatitis C; non arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy; sofosbuvir