Bilateral Central Retinal Artery Occlusion Associated with Bilateral Lymphoproliferative Infiltrative Optic Neuropathy | Zendy

Philip J. DeSouza | Zendy; Claudia Hooten | Zendy; Christopher M. Läck | Zendy; Vishak J. John | Zendy; Timothy J. Martin | Zendy

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Bilateral Central Retinal Artery Occlusion Associated with Bilateral Lymphoproliferative Infiltrative Optic Neuropathy

Author(s) -

Philip J. DeSouza,

Claudia Hooten,

Christopher M. Läck,

Vishak J. John,

Timothy J. Martin

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

ocular oncology and pathology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444

H-Index - 10

eISSN - 2296-4681

pISSN - 2296-4657

DOI - 10.1159/000458414

Subject(s) - medicine , central retinal artery occlusion , optic nerve , optic neuropathy , fluorescein angiography , complication , central retinal vein occlusion , magnetic resonance imaging , pathology , radiology , retinal , ophthalmology , surgery , macular edema

Leukemic infiltration of the optic nerve is relatively rare. While previously described in acute leukemia, the infiltration in our case represents central nervous system (CNS) metastasis of Burkitt-type lymphoma that developed as a complication of solid-organ transplantation, resulting in a bilateral infiltrative optic neuropathy with sequential, bilateral central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) and devastating vision loss.

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