Relapsing-remitting Optic Neuropathy in an HIV-infected Patient: Secondary Auto-immune Optic Neuropathy or Infectious Optic Neuropathy? A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Abstract
It can be challenging to disentangle human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related infectious optic neuropathy and secondary triggered auto-immune disease when an HIV positive patient presents with vision loss. We report a 44-year-old untreated HIV positive Congolese woman who presented with two episodes of vision loss associated with pain in first her left eye and then her right eye and was diagnosed with a relapsing optic neuropathy. A...
Paper Details
Title
Relapsing-remitting Optic Neuropathy in an HIV-infected Patient: Secondary Auto-immune Optic Neuropathy or Infectious Optic Neuropathy? A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Published Date
Jun 11, 2021
Journal
Volume
46
Issue
4
Pages
236 - 241
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