Optic disk drusen, peripapillary choroidal neovascularization, and POEMS syndrome.
Journal
  American journal of ophthalmology.
Citation
  Am J Ophthalmol. 133(2):275-6
Publication date
  2002 Feb
Authors
  Diduszyn JM
Quillen DA
Cantore WA
Gardner TW
Investigators
  William A. Cantore
Thomas W. Gardner
David A. Quillen
MeSH headings
  Choroidal Neovascularization
Optic Disk Drusen
POEMS Syndrome
MeSH qualifiers
  complications
Abstract
  PURPOSE: To report the case of a 64-year-old woman with peripheral neuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome, Castleman disease, optic nerve drusen, and peripapillary choroidal neovascularization. METHODS: Interventional case report. Clinical practice. RESULTS: Laser photocoagulation resolved the peripapillary choroidal neovascularization. CONCLUSION: This is the first documented case of optic disk drusen and peripapillary choroidal neovascularization associated with POEMS.
Medline ID
  21670769