Monocular blindness in nasopharyngeal cancer.
The sudden onset of painless monocular blindness was the initial manifestation of a nasopharyngeal cancer in a 78-year-old woman. Computerized cranial tomography demonstrated encasement of the optic nerve by tumor. Examination of the nasopharynx and paranasal sinuses is important in patients with primary neuro-ophthalmologic complaints.
D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D009900:Optic Nerve