| Title |
Acute Optic Neuropathy Associated With an Intracranial Mass in a Patient With POEMS syndrome |
| Creator |
Moss, Heather E; Grant T. Liu, MD. Professor of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania |
| Affiliation |
Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (HEM), University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Departments of Neurology (GTL) and Ophthalmology (GTL), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 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., (C) 2012 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. |
| Subject |
POEMS Syndrome; Papilledema; Plasmacytoma |
| 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 |
227255 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6f50v86/227255 |
