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Acta Neurologica Belgica
Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica 2/2018

01-06-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Bilateral simultaneous amaurosis as onset and unique symptom in giant cell arteritis

Authors: Maria Mirabela Manea, Dorin Dragoş, Dorel Arsene, Sorin Tuţă

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 2/2018

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This is the case of a 76-year-old patient with a history of arterial hypertension, who was admitted in our clinic for complete blindness with sudden onset. The patient reported the occurence 5 days before the hospitalization in our clinic of an episode of transient (few hours) bilateral amaurosis (described as a rapid transition from less bright to almost black vision in both eyes), not accompanied by any neurological deficits. The recent history of the patient did not include any headache, masticatory or lingual claudication, or episodes compatible with carotid transient ischemic attacks. …
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Metadata
Title
Bilateral simultaneous amaurosis as onset and unique symptom in giant cell arteritis
Authors
Maria Mirabela Manea
Dorin Dragoş
Dorel Arsene
Sorin Tuţă
Publication date
01-06-2018
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-017-0877-5

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