Visual scotomata resulting from lupus anticoagulant in a patient with lymphoma in remission

Journal of Neuro-Oncology - Tập 11 - Trang 77-79 - 1991
Michael L. Gruber1, Fred H. Hochberg1
1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA

Tóm tắt

Episodic cerebro or retinovascular ischemic events without apparent cause occur in patients with cancer. We report a patient in remission from lymphoma whose multiple episodes of presumed ocular ischemia occurred in the setting of a circulating lupus anticoagulant. Symptoms resolved following therapy with Warfarin.

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