RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sudden mono-ocular blindness with recurrent transient diplopia and ptosis in a middle-aged woman
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr1020103414
DO 10.1136/bcr.10.2010.3414
VO 2011
A1 Vishal V Ramteke
A1 Yojana A Gokhale
A1 Paritosh A Kamdar
A1 Vashistha Maniar
A1 Makardhwaj Shrivastava
A1 Natasha Singh
A1 B A Krishna
YR 2011
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.10.2010.3414.abstract
AB Sudden painless loss of vision is an ophthalmologic and a medical emergency resulting from various causes such as occlusion of retinal artery or vein, macular or vitreous haemorrhages, retinal detachment, and anterior and posterior ischaemic optic neuropathy. We report a 48-year-old woman presenting with right monocular blindness due to branch retinal artery occlusion whose vision recovered due to timely paracentesis coupled with treatment with adequate antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants. The patient had transient diplopia and ptosis despite adequate antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants. Thorough search for aetiology revealed the underlying cause to be aortoarteritis. Aortoarteritis is a rare disease, and ocular involvement occurs late in the disease. We review ophthalmologic manifestation of aortoarteritis and diagnostic utilities of various modalities for aortoarteritis.