An uncommon cause of loss of vision in a dialysis patient with lupus. Clin Case Rep 2019 Jan;7(1):244-245
Date
01/19/2019Pubmed ID
30656056Pubmed Central ID
PMC6332756DOI
10.1002/ccr3.1954Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85058432951 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)Abstract
Optic neuropathy is an uncommon finding in dialysis patients and has been associated with uremia, ischemia (arteritic and nonarteritic), drugs (isoniazid, ethambutol), infections (tuberculosis), and intracranial hypertension. Inflammatory optic neuritis associated with lupus is relatively rare, but clinicians need to be aware of this condition and obtain urgent ophthalmology consultation.