CRMP-5 positive Paraneoplastic Optic Neuropathy as Initial Presentation of Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Identifier 20170402_nanos_posters_017
Title CRMP-5 positive Paraneoplastic Optic Neuropathy as Initial Presentation of Small Cell Lung Cancer
Creator Jennifer Lee; Igor Bussel; Dante Sorrentino; Joseph Vojtko; Anagha Medsinge
Affiliation (JL) University of Pittsburgh Medical Center: Eye and Ear Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; (IB) (DS) (JV) (AM) University of Pittsburgh Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Subject Neuro-ophth & Systyemic Disease ( eg. MS, MG, Thyroid); Neuroimaging
Description Paraneoplastic optic neuropathy (PON) is a rare disease entity, it is estimated to occur in less than 0.01% of cancer patients. Despite this, disk edema and associated changes in visual acuity may be the first sign of malignancy. Thus, awareness of these disease entity is vitally important to the ophthalmology community.
Date 2017
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2017 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2017: 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 2017. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s69k85br
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 1272671
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69k85br
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