Cancer-associated retinopathy secondary to gallbladder carcinoma

Abstract: Objective: To present a rare case of cancer-associated retinopathy secondary to gallbladder carcinoma. Methods: Retrospective case report. Drugs used in case report: methylprednisolone (Medrol), CAS number: 83-43-2, producer: Pfizer; carboplatin, CAS number: 41575-94-4, producer: Accor; etoposide, CAS number: 33419-42-0, producer: Teva; methotrexate (Ledertrexate), CAS number: 59-05-2, producer: Pfizer.Results: A 57-year-old Moroccan man was referred with bilateral progressive vision loss in the last 4 months. At presentation, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was counting fingers for the right eye and 20/500 for the left eye. Examination demonstrated signs of vitritis, an electronegative full-field electroretinography (FF-ERG), ocular coherence tomography (OCT) abnormalities and multiple hyperautofluorescent round lesions on fundus autofluorescence imaging (FAF). The diagnosis of cancer-associated retinopathy (CAR) was considered, thus a positron emission tomography-computed...

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Cancer-associated retinopathy secondary to gallbladder carcinoma ; volume:14 ; day:23 ; month:09 ; year:2024 ; GMS ophthalmology cases ; 14 (23.09.2024)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Medizin, Gesundheit

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Goyvaerts, Karel ; Coeckelbergh, Tanja ; Schauwvlieghe, Pieter-Paul ; van, Lint Michel

Further information

• DOI: 10.3205/oc000243
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0183-oc0002434
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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