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Q J Med 2003; 96: 453-454
© 2003 Association of Physicians

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Intracranial plasmacytoma causing acute unilateral loss of vision

B.T. Chaar, F.J. Kehdi, G.V. Moukarbel and R.R. Khalifeh

Department of Internal Medicine
American University of Beirut-Medical Center
Beirut
Lebanon
e-mail (Dr Khalifeh): gm04@aub.edu.lb

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Sir,

Some patients with multiple myeloma may present with neurological complaints,1 but intracranial plasmacytomas are rare. We describe a patient with a plasmacytoma compressing the optic nerve, causing unilateral loss of vision as the first presentation of multiple myeloma.

A previously healthy 62-year-old man consulted his ophthalmologist because of sudden . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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