title: Paraneoplastic papilloedema in a child with neuroblastoma.
abstract: Non-metastatic neurological disease complicating neuroblastoma is well recognized. Gross papilloedema in the absence of intracranial disease as initial manifestation of neuroblastoma is reported in adults. We report for the first time a case of bilateral papilloedema in a child with neuroblastoma in the absence of intracranial disease and hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health Unit III, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 632 004, India.
authors.forename: Julius Xavier
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Prabhakar D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Moses
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Somashekar
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sathish Kumar
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology*; D020361:Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Nervous System / Q000209:etiology*