Compression of the optic chiasm due to a lymphoreticular malignancy.
A patient is described who presented with visual loss due to infiltration of the optic chiasm by chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. This case demonstrates intracranial infiltration as a primary presentation of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia without lymphoreticular involvement and, to our knowledge, is the first report of a chiasmal syndrome due to this lymphoproliferative disorder.
Howard
R S
RS
Department of Medical Ophthalmology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
Duncombe
A S
AS
Owens
C
C
Graham
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E
D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D009897:Optic Chiasm