Radiosensitive orbital inflammation associated with temporal arteritis.
J Neuroophthalmol
; 23(2): 117-21, 2003 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-12782922
ABSTRACT
A 75-year-old woman developed acute loss of vision in the OD, ipsilateral periocular pain, an afferent pupillary defect, sectoral optic disc edema, and later ipsilateral proptosis and an intraconal mass. She denied any symptoms of temporal arteritis, and a sedimentation rate was normal. Orbital biopsy demonstrated chronic granulomatous inflammation with perivasculitis. A temporal artery biopsy disclosed findings consistent with temporal arteritis. Following 2000 cGy of external beam radiation, her visual function and orbitopathy completely resolved. This unusual presentation of orbital inflammation in association with temporal arteritis demonstrates that pathologic findings of temporal arteritis may be clinically nonspecific and that external beam radiation may be an effective therapy in this setting.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças Orbitárias
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Arterite de Células Gigantes
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Inflamação
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Neuroophthalmol
Assunto da revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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OFTALMOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos