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Query: UMLS:C0042384 (
vasculitis
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Amaurosis fugax
followed by retinal infarction occurred as an early manifestation of exacerbation in a 46-year-old woman with allergic
angiitis
and granulomatosis (Churg-Strauss syndrome). There was evidence of widespread intraluminal branch retinal artery occlusions without accompanying retinal
vasculitis
. Low molecular weight dextran and heparin, in addition to systemic steroid therapy, appeared to be beneficial. A review of the ophthalmic manifestations of the Churg-Strauss syndrome and of other hypereosinophilic conditions suggests that thromboembolism resulting from a hypercoagulable state may be as important as
vasculitis
in causing visual symptoms. Specific therapy attempting to alter blood coagulation and rheology may have an important role in these conditions.
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PMID:Branch retinal artery occlusion in the Churg-Strauss syndrome. 293 26
