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A case of suspected arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy with elevated von Willebrand factor Tatsu Sawada 1 , Kōhei Okada 1 , Toshio Watanabe 1 , Nanae Takai 2 , Tsunehiko Ikeda 2 1Dept of Ophthalmol, Minami Osaka Hosp 2Dept of Ophthalmol, Osaka Med Coll pp.571-576
Published Date 2002/4/15
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1410907689
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A 79-year-old female presented with hemicrania and blurring of vision in her left eye since 3 weeks be-fore. She had been diagnosed with chronic rheumatoid arthritic 5 months before and been receiving peroral betametha-sone. Her corrected visual acuity was 0.7 right and 0.02 left. Her left eye showed swelling of optic disc. Fluorescein an-giography showed filling defect in the disc area. She showed elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and von Wille-brand factor. Temporary artery biopsy failed to show giant cell arteritis. We diagnosed her with arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION). Treatment with massive systemic corticosteroid induced normalization of sedimen-tation rate and improved left visual acuity to 0.5. Increased level of von Willebrand factor persisted throughout. This case illustrates that von Willebrand factor is a useful parameter in the diagnosis of AION and in assessing the activity of inflammation but that it does not indicate when or how to taper off systemic corticosteroid.


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