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ArticleCase reports in rheumatology2019

Combined Left Central Retinal Artery Occlusion and Bilateral Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuritis: A Rare Presentation of Giant Cell Arteritis.

Anne D D Joseph, Jebananthy Anandaselvam Pradeepan, Thirunavukarasu Kumanan, Muthusamy Malaravan

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Article in Case reports in rheumatology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anne D D JosephUniversity Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7851-3151
Jebananthy Anandaselvam PradeepanUniversity Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4124-0006
Thirunavukarasu KumananUniversity Medical Unit, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5735-4713
Muthusamy MalaravanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Teaching Hospital Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Jaffna Teaching Hospital · LK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Giant cell arteritis, a large vessel vasculitis is characterized by headache, visual impairment, constitutional symptoms, and increased inflammatory markers. Visual involvement in giant cell arteritis ranges from amaurosis fugax to permanent visual loss, and extensive bilateral visual impairment is a rare presentation. We hereby report a case of combined left central retinal artery occlusion and bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuritis in a patient who poorly responded to standard corticosteroid therapy.

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PMID31662936
PMCPMC6778950
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