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Reversible choroidal vascular insufficiency without infarction in temporal arteritis

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A 71-year-old woman with a history of weight loss and jaw claudication complained of fluctuating vision in her right eye. She was confirmed as having temporal arteritis by an elevated Westergren sedimentation rate and a positive temporal artery biopsy. Fluorescein angiography demonstrated delayed choroidal perfusion of the macular circulation. Her symptoms and angiographic findings were quickly reversed with systemic steroids.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

    D. M. Fastenberg & S. E. Feldon

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

    S. E. Feldon

  3. Estelle Doheny Eye Foundation, 1355 San Pablo Street, 90033, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    S. E. Feldon

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  1. D. M. Fastenberg
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Dr. Fastenberg was a Heed Foundation Fellow (1 A, B-1981)

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Fastenberg, D.M., Feldon, S.E. Reversible choroidal vascular insufficiency without infarction in temporal arteritis. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 218, 327–330 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02150450

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