TY - JOUR
T1 - Optic disk drusen, peripapillary choroidal neovascularization, and POEMS syndrome
AU - Diduszyn, Jorge M.
AU - Quillen, David A.
AU - Cantore, William A.
AU - Gardner, Thomas W.
PY - 2002/1/29
Y1 - 2002/1/29
N2 - PURPOSE: To report the case of a 64-year-old woman with peripheral neuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome, Castleman disease, optic nerve drusen, and peripapillary choroidal neovascularization. METHODS: Interventional case report. Clinical practice. RESULTS: Laser photocoagulation resolved the peripapillary choroidal neovascularization. CONCLUSION: This is the first documented case of optic disk drusen and peripapillary choroidal neovascularization associated with POEMS.
AB - PURPOSE: To report the case of a 64-year-old woman with peripheral neuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome, Castleman disease, optic nerve drusen, and peripapillary choroidal neovascularization. METHODS: Interventional case report. Clinical practice. RESULTS: Laser photocoagulation resolved the peripapillary choroidal neovascularization. CONCLUSION: This is the first documented case of optic disk drusen and peripapillary choroidal neovascularization associated with POEMS.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)01270-3
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)01270-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 11812439
AN - SCOPUS:0036141589
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 133
SP - 275
EP - 276
JO - American Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - American Journal of Ophthalmology
IS - 2
ER -