Involvement of the organ of vision in Horton's disease
Tereshchenko, I.V.; Kuznetsova, O.Ia.; Gileva, S.G.
Vestnik Oftalmologii 126(3): 45-48
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-465X PMID: 20608202 Document Number: 647501
The paper deals with the diagnosis of optic nerve atrophy caused by temporal giant-cell arteritis (Horton's disease) and shows how difficult to make a differential diagnosis between glaucoma and other non-eye diseases that also induce optic nerve atrophy. It describes a clinical case that illustrates the difficulties in diagnosing optic nerve involvement in Horton's disease.