Abstract
A 62-year-old lady with hypertension and diabetes developed bilateral, sequential ischemic optic neuropathy, progressive in the right eye. Because of a reported association between amiodarone and optic neuropathy with disc edema, the patient discontinued taking this medication; however, her visual loss continued. The differential diagnoses of bilateral ischemic optic neuropathy--including infiltrative optic neuropathy and temporal arteritis--were exhaustively investigated in this patient.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Clinical Conference
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Amiodarone / adverse effects*
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Amiodarone / therapeutic use
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Arrhythmias, Cardiac / drug therapy
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Female
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Fundus Oculi
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Giant Cell Arteritis / chemically induced
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Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnosis
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Humans
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Ischemia / chemically induced*
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Ischemia / diagnosis
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Middle Aged
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Optic Nerve / blood supply
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Optic Nerve Diseases / chemically induced*
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Optic Nerve Diseases / diagnosis
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Papilledema / chemically induced
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Vision Disorders / chemically induced*
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Vision Disorders / diagnosis
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Visual Acuity