title: [Papilledema and macular edema as first symptom of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma].
abstract: A patient presented in our clinic with impairment of visual acuity due to optic disc and macular oedema. Internal examination revealed chronic lymphatic leukaemia, and the patient was treated with Leukeran and Aprednisolone according to the chemotherapeutic regimen of Knospe. Remission occurred, and the pathological findings of the fundus disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Augenheilkunde, Innsbruck.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Daxecker
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Neuner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kienpointner
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stühlinger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002699:Chlorambucil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008266:Macula Lutea; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D002699:Chlorambucil
vernacular_title: Papillen- und Makulaödeme als Erstsymptome bei Non-Hodgkin-Lymphom.