Visual loss as the initial presentation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Eye symptoms and cranial nerve involvement are rather common in nasopharyngeal carcinomas, but early invasion of the optic nerve is very rare. Two cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma that presented initially with visual loss are reported.
Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Kao
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Chuang
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Liang
D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity