Leukemic optic nerve infiltration

• By Franco Benvenuto, MD
  Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, México and Hospital J.P. Garrahan, Argentina
  Co-author(s): Jesus Ocegueda-Sánchez, Universidad de Guadalajara, México.
• Uploaded on Mar 31, 2022.
• Last modified by Joshua Friedman on Apr 4, 2022.

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Leukemia

Condition/keywords

acute leukemia, infiltration of the optic nerve

Photographer

Franco Benvenuto, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Universidad de Guadalajara, México

Imaging device

Fundus camera

Description

Fundus photograph of a 21-year-old otherwise healthy male presenting with acute onset of blurry vision in his both eyes for one week. Acute promyelocytic leukemia was confirmed by bone marrow study. The fundus exam showed bilateral optic nerve infiltration: Leukemic optic neuropathy.

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