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Optical Coherence Tomography: Imaging Mouse Retinal Ganglion Cells In Vivo
Published on: September 22, 2017
Carcinomatous optic neuropathy
Steven B Flynn1, Paul H Phillips, Thomas C Cannon
1Jones Eye Institute, UAMS, USA.
The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society
|March 12, 2004
Abstract:
A man with advanced malignant disease presented complaining of vision changes in the left eye. Examination revealed an afferent pupillary defect and visual field defect in that eye. Imaging indicated carcinomatous disease of the left optic nerve, and a diagnosis of carcinomatous optic neuropathy was made.
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