Eosinophilic vasculitis leading to amaurosis fugax in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1987. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Eosinophilic vasculitis leading to amaurosis fugax in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Arch Intern Med. 1986 Oct;146(10):2059-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/87024917
Schwartz ND; So YT; Hollander H; Allen S; Fye KH

Abstract: A 49-year-old bisexual man with generalized lymphadenopathy and antihuman T lymphocyte virus, type III, (HTLV-III) antibodies presented with recurrent, unilateral amaurosis fugax. A temporal artery biopsy specimen showed eosinophilic vasculitis. The patient then developed acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with Kaposi's sarcoma. We describe this patient because of the unusual association of large vessel vasculitis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Blindness/*ETIOLOGY Case Report Eosinophilia/*COMPLICATIONS Human Male Middle Age Temporal Arteries/PATHOLOGY Temporal Arteritis/*COMPLICATIONS/PATHOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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