Varicella Zoster Virus in Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
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Varicella zoster virus ischemic optic neuropathy and subclinical temporal artery involvement.
OBJECTIVE To demonstrate varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection in an asymptomatic extracranial (temporal) artery in a patient with ischemic optic neuropathy produced by VZV vasculopathy in whom the pathological changes were mistakenly identified as giant cell arteritis. DESIGN Case report. SETTING Teaching hospital, pathology and virology laboratory. PATIENT An 80-year-old man with left ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ophthalmology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0161-6420
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.04.026