TY - JOUR T1 - Sudden mono-ocular blindness with recurrent transient diplopia and ptosis in a middle-aged woman JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr.10.2010.3414 VL - 2011 SP - bcr1020103414 AU - Vishal V Ramteke AU - Yojana A Gokhale AU - Paritosh A Kamdar AU - Vashistha Maniar AU - Makardhwaj Shrivastava AU - Natasha Singh AU - B A Krishna Y1 - 2011/01/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.10.2010.3414.abstract N2 - 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. ER -