Acute optic neuropathy associated with an intracranial mass in a patient with POEMS syndrome.
J Neuroophthalmol
; 32(1): 45-7, 2012 Mar.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21956018
ABSTRACT
A 43-year-old man with POEMS syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes), including long-standing optic disc swelling, had sudden painless vision loss in the left eye. Brain MRI revealed an intracranial mass adjacent to the left optic nerve and enhancement of the optic nerve. The mass decreased in size following chemotherapy for myeloma with some recovery of vision. This represents a unique case of optic neuropathy due to presumed plasmacytoma in osteosclerotic IgA myeloma and POEMS syndrome.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Nervo Óptico
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Plasmocitoma
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Neoplasias Encefálicas
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Doenças do Nervo Óptico
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Síndrome POEMS
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Neoplasias da Base do Crânio
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Neuroophthalmol
Assunto da revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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OFTALMOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos