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Query: UMLS:C0007095 (
carcinoid
)
6,990
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Cancer-associated retinopathy (CAR) belongs to the paraneoplastic retinopathy syndromes and manifests itself by rapidly progressive vision loss, scotoma and
photopsia
. We herein reported the case of a 77-year-old woman without a cancer history who presents typical CAR symptoms. A complete workup followed by lung biopsy enabled the detection of a pulmonary
carcinoid
tumour. Treatment of oral cortisone was then initiated with dramatic improvements in the symptoms.
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PMID:Cancer-associated retinopathy preceding the diagnosis of a pulmonary carcinoid tumour. 3313 54
