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Progressive external ophthalmoplegia: a paraneoplastic manifestation of lymphoma
F J Ascaso1, M Torres, J M Bergua
1adileza@comz.org
European Journal of Ophthalmology
|September 11, 2002
Abstract
Purpose:
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes are well-known sequelae of some malignancies. To our knowledge, a syndrome mimicking progressive external ophthalmoplegia had never been reported preceding the diagnosis of a lymphoma.
Case Report:
A 63-year-old man developed progressive external ophthalmoplegia, without any other neurological symptoms, as the initial manifestation of a follicular lymphoma grade III. The ophthalmoplegia resolved after two cycles of combination chemotherapy.
Conclusions:
The ophthalmologist, when confronted with a progressive external ophthalmoplegia, should consider a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome associated with a tumor as a possible diagnosis.