Paraneoplastic optic neuritis as the first manifestation of periampullary carcinoma

Paraneoplastic optic neuritis is a rare phenomenon that often presents as a diagnostic challenge. It has been mostly reported with small cell cancers or thymoma. Prompt treatment of the malignancy is the only effective therapy for the condition. Visual loss, once established usually becomes irrevers...

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Autores principales: Paul, Rudrajit, Ghosh, Asim K, Sinha, Avirup, Bhattacharya, Raja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25664276
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.149255
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author Paul, Rudrajit
Ghosh, Asim K
Sinha, Avirup
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description Paraneoplastic optic neuritis is a rare phenomenon that often presents as a diagnostic challenge. It has been mostly reported with small cell cancers or thymoma. Prompt treatment of the malignancy is the only effective therapy for the condition. Visual loss, once established usually becomes irreversible. We here report a case of paraneoplastic optic neuritis in a 40-year-old female with periampullary carcinoma. This is probably the first report of this association in the medical literature.
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spelling pubmed-43181102015-02-06 Paraneoplastic optic neuritis as the first manifestation of periampullary carcinoma Paul, Rudrajit Ghosh, Asim K Sinha, Avirup Bhattacharya, Raja Int J Appl Basic Med Res Case Report Paraneoplastic optic neuritis is a rare phenomenon that often presents as a diagnostic challenge. It has been mostly reported with small cell cancers or thymoma. Prompt treatment of the malignancy is the only effective therapy for the condition. Visual loss, once established usually becomes irreversible. We here report a case of paraneoplastic optic neuritis in a 40-year-old female with periampullary carcinoma. This is probably the first report of this association in the medical literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4318110/ /pubmed/25664276 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.149255 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Applied and Basic Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Paul, Rudrajit
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Paraneoplastic optic neuritis as the first manifestation of periampullary carcinoma
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title_full Paraneoplastic optic neuritis as the first manifestation of periampullary carcinoma
title_fullStr Paraneoplastic optic neuritis as the first manifestation of periampullary carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Paraneoplastic optic neuritis as the first manifestation of periampullary carcinoma
title_short Paraneoplastic optic neuritis as the first manifestation of periampullary carcinoma
title_sort paraneoplastic optic neuritis as the first manifestation of periampullary carcinoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25664276
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-516X.149255
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