Paraneoplastic optic neuropathy in a patient with a non-small cell lung carcinoma: a case report.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case and describe the clinical approach to a patient with a non-small cell lung carcinoma and paraneoplastic optic neuropathy.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
A 79-year-old woman with known non-small cell lung carcinoma was admitted with a swollen optic disc in the right eye. After detailed clinical, laboratory, and imaging studies, the authors diagnosed paraneoplastic optic neuropathy, excluding other possible diagnosis.


CONCLUSIONS
Paraneoplastic optic neuropathy is a clinical challenge and should be considered as a possible diagnosis in every cancer patient with optic disc edema.
Asproudis
I C
IC
University Eye Clinic, Ioannina, Greece. iasproudis@yahoo.gr
Nikas
A N
AN
Psilas
K G
KG
D000368:Aged; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014792:Visual Acuity