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ArticleJournal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea)2019

Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Associated with Giant-Cell Arteritis in Korean Patients: A Retrospective Single-Center Analysis and Review of the Literature.

Jae Hwan Choi, Jong Hoon Shin, Jae Ho Jung

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Article in Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Ocular Manifestations of Giant Cell Arteritis.Advances in ophthalmology and optometry · 2025
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jae Hwan Choi *Department of Neurology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea.
Jong Hoon Shin *Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea.
Jae Ho JungDepartment of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jaeho.jung@snu.ac.kr.
Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital · KRSeoul National University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeThe aim of this study is to report the relative incidence of arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AAION) associated with giant-cell arteritis (GCA) in a single-center and evaluate the clinical features of AAION in Korean patients.

methodsThe medical records of patients with presumed AION who visited our hospital from January 2013 to August 2018 were examined retrospectively. The patients were divided into two groups: AAION associated with GCA, and non AION (NAION). We additionally reviewed the literature and identified all cases of AAION in Korean and Caucasian patients. We evaluated the clinical data including the initial and final best-corrected visual acuities, fundus photographs, visual field tests, fluorescein angiography, and contrast-enhanced MRI, and compared the data with those for Caucasian patients in the literature.

resultsOf the 142 patients with presumed AION, 3 (2.1%) were diagnosed with AAION and 139 (97.9%) were diagnosed with NAION. Seven Korean patients with AAION associated with GCA were identified in our data and the literature review. We found no difference in any clinical features other than laterality: four of the seven Korean patients had bilateral involvement. Moreover, the optic nerve sheath was enhanced in two of our Korean patients.

conclusionsAAION associated with GCA is a very rare condition compared to NAION in Korea. However, GCA should be considered in all cases of ischemic optic neuropathy because AAION is associated with poor visual outcome, and sometimes presents bilaterally.

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anterior ischemic optic neuropathyarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathygiant-cell arteritisKoreanonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathyoptic nerve sheath enhancement

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