title: Thyroid malignancy presenting with visual loss: an unusual case of paraneoplastic retinopathy.
abstract: Paraneoplastic retinopathy is a rare cause of painless vision loss, associated with an underlying (and often occult) systemic malignancy. Ocular examination findings are subtle, and the diagnosis is often made on the basis of electrophysiology findings. This report describes the case of a 48-year-old Caucasian man with paraneoplastic retinopathy presenting as visual disturbance, central scotomata and abnormal electrophysiology. He was subsequently diagnosed with papillary thyroid malignancy.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors: Emily
authors: E
authors: Hughes
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors: Sarah
authors: S
authors: Moran
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Children's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors: Ian
authors: I
authors: Flitcroft
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Logan
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059545:Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Ocular / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence