Publications by authors named "Chiemi Kitagawa"

Background: We describe a case of bilateral linezolid-associated optic neuropathy in a patient with ocular sarcoidosis.

Case: A 70-year-old woman with sarcoidosis noted foggy vision in both eyes. Best-corrected visual acuity was 0.

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Background: We treated a patient with anterior ischemic optic neuropathy caused by peginterferon.

Case: Upon medical examination of the eyes before starting interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C at Saiseikai Izuo hospital, a 64-year-old man showed corrected visual acuity of 0.9 in the right eye and 1.

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Purpose: We treated an adult patient with traumatic glaucoma who exhibited dramatic elasticity in the topography of the optic nerve head, as shown in a Heidelberg Retina Tomograph (HRT) examination after filtering surgery.

Case: A 41-year-old man came to us with a right eye injury following an external blow. At the first examination, visual acuity was 0.

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