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Fuchs' atrophy
Also known as:
Fuchs’ syndrome
Associated persons:
Ernst Fuchs
Description:
Peripheral atrophy of the optic nerve. Consists of headache, fever, cyanosis, swelling of the face, ulceration of mucocutaneous membranes, and severe conjunctivitis. Eponym indicates a nonfebrile Stevens-Johnson variant.
Bibliography:
- E. Fuchs:
Die periphere Atrophie des Sehnerven.
Albrecht von Graefes Archiv für Ophthalmologie. 1885, 31: 177-200.
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