[Rapid regression of papilledema under leukapheresis therapy in chronic myelosis (author's transl)].
Report on a 19-year-old patient with bilateral papilledema and suffering from chronic granulocytic leukemia. No signs of increased intracranial pressure could be demonstrated. Under repeated leukapheresis therapy the extreme leukemic leukocytosis regressed and, as a result, the condition of the optic disk returned to normal.
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007937:Leukapheresis; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000150:complications*; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
Rasche Rückbildung eines Papillenödems bei chronischer Myelose durch Leukapherese.