Isolated lymphoma of the anterior visual pathway diagnosed by optic nerve biopsy

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-40

  Zelefsky, Joseph R ^a,c   Revercomb, Carolyn H ^a   Lantos, George ^b   Warren, Floyd A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHOTREXATE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; PREDNISONE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VISION, LOW; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 40949145283     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318167448e     Document Type: Article

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