Ophthalmic manifestations and visual outcomes of granulomatosis with polyangiitis: a retrospective multicentre study in Korea.
Min Kyu YangHye Won KimEun Ha KangNamju KimHo-Kyung ChoungSang In KhwargPublished in: Eye (London, England) (2022)
Ophthalmic involvement is common in Korean GPA patients and should be considered in the presence of PR3-ANCA, sinonasal or brain involvement. Patients with positive ANA have an increased risk of optic nerve involvement, and early IV immunosuppressive treatments beyond oral steroids are necessary to improve the visual outcome.
Keyphrases
- optic nerve
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- optical coherence tomography
- type diabetes
- white matter
- metabolic syndrome
- multiple sclerosis
- patient reported outcomes
- skeletal muscle
- weight loss
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- brain injury
- functional connectivity
- chronic rhinosinusitis