Orbital and Optic Nerve Sheath Involvement and Pupil-Involving Cranial Nerve 3 Palsy in Giant Cell Arteritis

Dawoud SA 1 , Ahmad NU 2 , Shriver EM 3 , Chung SM 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Salma A. Dawoud, MD, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • 2 Noor-Us-Sabah Ahmad, MBBS, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  • 3 Erin M. Shriver, MD, FACS, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  • 4 Sophia M. Chung, MD, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
J Rheumatol, 2024 Mar 01.
PMID: 38428963 DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.2023-1195

Abstract

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) can present with atypical presentations that are diagnostically challenging. An 84-year-old woman with a history of breast adenocarcinoma treated with lumpectomy and radiation 2 years prior presented with a seizure-like episode.

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