HODGKINS-DISEASE OF THE ORBIT WITH INTRACRANIAL EXTENSION

Citation
R. Sahjpaul et al., HODGKINS-DISEASE OF THE ORBIT WITH INTRACRANIAL EXTENSION, Ophthalmic surgery, 27(3), 1996, pp. 239-242
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology,Surgery
Journal title
ISSN journal
0022023X
Volume
27
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
239 - 242
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-023X(1996)27:3<239:HOTOWI>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A rare presentation of intraorbital Hodgkin's lymphoma in a patient wi thout prior history of systemic disease who complained of episodic mon ocular visual loss with minimal proptosis is reviewed. The case is fur ther distinguished by intracranial extension. of the tumor. A literatu re review highlights such an unusual event against the background of p rior experience.