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Bilateral optic neuritis evolved during tamoxifen treatment
Author(s) -
Pugesgaard Torleif,
Von Eyben Finn Edler
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19860715)58:2<383::aid-cncr2820580232>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - medicine , optic neuritis , tamoxifen , neuritis , ophthalmology , dermatology , surgery , cancer , breast cancer , multiple sclerosis , psychiatry
Abstract A 57‐year‐old woman developed bilateral optic neuritis after being treated for 6 months with tamoxifen in the dosage of 30 to 40 mg orally a day. As the neuritis progressed during continued treatment and no other causal explanation could be found, tamoxifen was stopped and the optic neuritis regressed. Since tamoxifen might cause optic neuritis the authors recommend the monitoring of ocular symptoms in treated patients. Cancer 58:383–386, 1986.