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Case Reports
. 2015 Winter;9(1):21-4.
doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000083.

Cancer-associated retinopathy with unusual retinal whitening

Joan J Lee  1 , Tamara R Vrabec, Vincent F Baldassano Jr
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Case Reports

Cancer-associated retinopathy with unusual retinal whitening

Joan J Lee et al. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2015 Winter.

Abstract

Purpose: To describe the clinical characteristics and results of ocular and systemic testing in an atypical case of cancer-associated retinopathy.

Methods: This study is a retrospective case report of a female patient.

Results: Rapidly progressive visual loss, vitritis, white, ring- and coin-shaped retinal lesions, and panretinal optical coherence tomography thinning preceded the diagnosis of poorly differentiated cervical carcinoma with neuroendocrine features consistent with small-cell carcinoma.

Conclusion: Cancer-associated retinopathy can present with ring- and coin-shaped retinal lesions, vitritis, and panretinal thinning. The presence of intraocular inflammation and retinal and choroidal vasculopathy may herald more rapid visual demise.

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