| Title |
Solitary Intracranial Extra-osseous Plasmacytoma Presenting with Ophthalmic Signs |
| Creator |
Brannan, SO; Matthews, BN; Savant, V; Brown, RD; Matthews, TD |
| Affiliation |
Birmingham & Midland Eye Center, City Hospital NHS Trust, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QU, UK. suzanne@brannan43.fsnet.co.uk |
| Abstract |
Solitary plasmacytomas rarely develop in the skull, meninges, or brain. Ophthalmic signs as the initial manifestations of solitary intracranial plasmacytoma have rarely been described. We report the neuro-ophthalmologic, imaging, and pathologic findings for two patients. One patient presented with optic neuropathy, the second with bilateral sixth nerve palsies. Plasmacytoma is a treatable intracranial tumor that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients who present with optic neuropathy or sixth nerve palsy. |
| Subject |
Abducens Nerve Diseases/diagnosis; Abducens Nerve Diseases/etiology; Brain Neoplasms/complications; Brain Neoplasms/diagnosis; Brain Neoplasms/pathology; Brain Neoplasms/radiotherapy; Combined Modality Therapy; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Older people; Optic Nerve Diseases/diagnosis; Optic Nerve Diseases/etiology; Plasmacytoma/complications; Plasmacytoma/diagnosis; Plasmacytoma/pathology; Plasmacytoma/radiotherapy; Tomography, X-Ray Computed |
| Date |
1994-06 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
| Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
225314 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62g0thm/225314 |
