Case 3-2021: A 48-Year-Old Man with Transient Vision Loss

A 48-year-old man presented with acute vision loss that lasted 1 hour. His history included fatigue and weight loss of 4.5 kg in the past year, as well as bilateral jaw pain with chewing in the past 2 months. He had normocytic anemia and elevated levels of aminotransferases and alkaline phosphatase....

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 384; no. 4; pp. 363 - 372
Main Authors Unizony, Sebastian H, Kelly, Hillary R, O’Donnell, Elizabeth K, Sadigh, Sam
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 28.01.2021
Subjects
Abdomen
Alkaline phosphatase
Antibodies
Biopsy
Bone Marrow - pathology
Case reports
Chewing
Diagnosis, Differential
Diplopia
Disease
Hospitals
Humans
Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis - complications
Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis - diagnosis
Jaw
Laboratories
Liver
Liver - diagnostic imaging
Liver - pathology
Liver Function Tests
Lymphatic system
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Mens health
Middle Aged
Pain
Patients
Phosphatase
Sarcoidosis
Tuberculosis
Ultrasonic imaging
Veins & arteries
Vision Disorders - etiology
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Summary:A 48-year-old man presented with acute vision loss that lasted 1 hour. His history included fatigue and weight loss of 4.5 kg in the past year, as well as bilateral jaw pain with chewing in the past 2 months. He had normocytic anemia and elevated levels of aminotransferases and alkaline phosphatase. A diagnostic test was performed.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMcpc2002416