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Optic Neuropathy with Headache and Palpable Temporal Arteries Due to Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis Rather than Giant Cell Arteritis

Isana Nakajimaa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku City, Kochi, Japan
, MD,
Yoshinori Taniguchib Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku City, Kochi, Japan
, MD, PhD,
Tomoka Mizobuchia Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku City, Kochi, Japan
, MD,
Tatsuma Kishimotoa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku City, Kochi, Japan
, MD, PhD,
Atsuki Fukushimaa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku City, Kochi, Japan
, MD, PhD &
Ken Fukudaa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku City, Kochi, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1515-1518 | Received 31 Jul 2020, Accepted 21 Jan 2021, Published online: 01 Apr 2021

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