title: Isolated optic nerve involvement in chronic myeloid leukemia.
abstract: Eye involvement in chronic myeloid leukemia is well known. The signs are infiltration of the choroid, the sclera, the episclera, the conjunctiva and the optic nerve. Eye involvement is more common in acute than in chronic forms of leukemia. This paper reports a case of chronic myeloid leukemia in which optic nerve involvement was the only initial sign of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Eye Clinic, 1st School of Medicine, University of Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Costagliola
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rinaldi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cotticelli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sbordone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nastri
mesh_terms: D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004596:Electroretinography; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology; D014794:Visual Fields