Breast Cancer Metastases to Bilateral Optic Nerve Sheaths in Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis

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Identifier 20130212_nanos_posters_123
Title Breast Cancer Metastases to Bilateral Optic Nerve Sheaths in Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis
Creator Ethan H. Tittler; Vivian Rismondo
Affiliation University of Maryland Department of Ophthalmology, Baltimore, MD
Subject Optic Nerve Sheath; Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis; Metastatic Breast Cancer
Description Tumor metastasis to the optic nerve sheath is rare and is associated with significant morbidity and a poor rognosis. Bilateral optic nerve sheath involvement is exceedingly uncommon, but one possible route for this devastating complication is through the cerebrospinal fluid in cases of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.
Date 2013-02-12
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2013 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2013: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s68h1sc0
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 183239
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68h1sc0