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1: Ophthalmologica. 1990;200(3):164-6.Links

[Papilledema and macular edema as first symptom of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]

[Article in German]

Daxecker F, Neuner HP, Kienpointner G, Stühlinger W.

Universitätsklinik für Augenheilkunde, Innsbruck.

A patient presented in our clinic with impairment of visual acuity due to optic disc and macular oedema. Internal examination revealed chronic lymphatic leukaemia, and the patient was treated with Leukeran and Aprednisolone according to the chemotherapeutic regimen of Knospe. Remission occurred, and the pathological findings of the fundus disappeared.

PMID: 2345631 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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