Bilateral Optic Disc Swelling Following Anastrozole Therapy
| Autor: | Gini F. Fleming, Rimas V. Lukas, Meaghan Tenney, Jeffrey Nichols, Jacqueline Bernard, Oscar Jim Michael Coppes |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Chemotherapy genetic structures business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Endometrial cancer Anastrozole Case Report medicine.disease eye diseases Visual field Surgery Ophthalmology Breast cancer medicine Optic disc swelling Neurology (clinical) Radiology sense organs Stage (cooking) Ovarian cancer business medicine.drug |
| Popis: | A 56-year-old female with early-stage breast cancer, stage IA grade 1 endometrial cancer, and stage IC grade 1 ovarian cancer developed sudden-onset visual changes and right inferior visual field defect following anastrozole therapy. Examination revealed severe bilateral optic disc swelling and impaired visual acuity. Laboratory work-up was otherwise unremarkable. Anastrozole was discontinued and over the next month, patient had near-complete resolution of swelling in the right eye and improvement in the left eye. This is the only reported case of optic disc swelling following anastrozole therapy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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