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Acute Optic Neuropathy Associated With an Intracranial Mass in a Patient With POEMS syndrome

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: A 43-year-old man with POEMS syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes), including long-standing optic disc swelling, had sudden painless vision loss in the left eye. Brain MRI revealed an intracranial mass adjacent to the left optic nerve and enhancement of the optic nerve. The mass decreased in size following chemotherapy for myeloma with some recovery of vision. This represents a unique case of optic neuropathy due to presumed plasmacytoma in osteosclerotic IgA myeloma and POEMS syndrome.

Source: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

DOI: 10.1097/wno.0b013e318234db5d

Authors: Heather E. Moss, Grant T. Liu

Institutions: University of Illinois Chicago, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments

Subfield: Hematology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Eye Institute