Visual scotomata resulting from lupus anticoagulant in a patient with lymphoma in remission.
Episodic cerebro or retinovascular ischemic events without apparent cause occur in patients with cancer. We report a patient in remission from lymphoma whose multiple episodes of presumed ocular ischemia occurred in the setting of a circulating lupus anticoagulant. Symptoms resolved following therapy with Warfarin.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
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Gruber
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Hochberg
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005123:Eye / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016682:Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor / Q000502:physiology*; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012607:Scotoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D015349:Vision, Monocular; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D016682:Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor; D014859:Warfarin