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| Year : 2005 | Volume
: 42
| Issue : 2 | Page : 102-103 |
Paraneoplastic papilloedema in a child with neuroblastoma
Julius Xavier Scott, Prabhakar D Moses, HR Somashekar, T Sathish Kumar
Department of Child Health Unit III, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 632 004, India
Correspondence Address:
Prabhakar D Moses
Department of Child Health Unit III, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 632 004
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.16701
Non-metastatic neurological disease complicating neuroblastoma is well recognized. Gross papilloedema in the absence of intracranial disease as initial manifestation of neuroblastoma is reported in adults. We report for the first time a case of bilateral papilloedema in a child with neuroblastoma in the absence of intracranial disease and hypertension.
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