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Neoplastic causes of acute visual loss
Author(s) -
BOSCHI A
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2014.1653.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , differential diagnosis , cancer , chemotherapy , intensive care medicine , radiology , surgery , pathology
Visual loss in relation with cancer has greatly increased in adult as in child. Not only because improvement of diagnostic techniques, but because survival rate has dramatically improved. Acute visual loss may be associated to direct or metastatic involvement of the eye or may be a consequence of cancer therapy including chemotherapy, radiation as newer modality like intra‐arterial injections. Considering the possible immunodysfunction in these patients infection as autoimmune disorders should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute uni or bilateral visual loss. Clinical features and therapeutic options will be discussed through clinical cases.