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Simultaneous bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a patient with giant cell arteritis.

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Hunter, TG; Chong, GT; Asrani, S; Allingham, RR; Blumberg, DM
Published in: J Glaucoma
February 2010

PURPOSE: To report a case of bilateral angle closure in a patient with giant cell arteritis. DESIGN: Observational case report. METHODS: Review of clinical, photographic, and biopsy data of a 53-year-old patient who presented with bilateral angle closure glaucoma and was found to have giant cell arteritis. RESULTS: A temporal artery biopsy revealed near transmural focal scarring of the media with disruption of the internal elastic lamina consistent with giant cell arteritis in a patient with bilateral angle closure glaucoma. CONCLUSIONS: Acute angle closure glaucoma is a relatively uncommon form of glaucoma and its relationship, if any, with giant cell arteritis is unknown. This is the first reported case of giant cell arteritis presenting with bilateral acute angle closure glaucoma.

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J Glaucoma

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EISSN

1536-481X

Publication Date

February 2010

Volume

19

Issue

2

Start / End Page

149 / 150

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Acuity
  • Temporal Arteries
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Middle Aged
  • Iridectomy
  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Humans
  • Glaucoma, Angle-Closure
  • Giant Cell Arteritis
  • Functional Laterality
 

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Hunter, T. G., Chong, G. T., Asrani, S., Allingham, R. R., & Blumberg, D. M. (2010). Simultaneous bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a patient with giant cell arteritis. J Glaucoma, 19(2), 149–150. https://doi.org/10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181a98f03
Hunter, Thomas G., Gabriel T. Chong, Sanjay Asrani, R Rand Allingham, and Dana M. Blumberg. “Simultaneous bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a patient with giant cell arteritis.J Glaucoma 19, no. 2 (February 2010): 149–50. https://doi.org/10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181a98f03.
Hunter TG, Chong GT, Asrani S, Allingham RR, Blumberg DM. Simultaneous bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a patient with giant cell arteritis. J Glaucoma. 2010 Feb;19(2):149–50.
Hunter, Thomas G., et al. “Simultaneous bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a patient with giant cell arteritis.J Glaucoma, vol. 19, no. 2, Feb. 2010, pp. 149–50. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181a98f03.
Hunter TG, Chong GT, Asrani S, Allingham RR, Blumberg DM. Simultaneous bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a patient with giant cell arteritis. J Glaucoma. 2010 Feb;19(2):149–150.

Published In

J Glaucoma

DOI

EISSN

1536-481X

Publication Date

February 2010

Volume

19

Issue

2

Start / End Page

149 / 150

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Acuity
  • Temporal Arteries
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Middle Aged
  • Iridectomy
  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Humans
  • Glaucoma, Angle-Closure
  • Giant Cell Arteritis
  • Functional Laterality