Q J Med 2003; 96: 453-454
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Intracranial plasmacytoma causing acute unilateral loss of vision
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