Clinical Case Reports (Dec 2020)

Systemic ALK‐positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma with bilateral optic neurolymphomatosis resulting in permanent blindness

  • Karan Seegobin,
  • Muhamad Alhaj Moustafa,
  • Deborah Fischer,
  • Katelyn Keller,
  • Jacquelyn Hastings,
  • Mohamed A. Kharfan‐Dabaja,
  • Ernesto Ayala,
  • Vivek Gupta,
  • Han W. Tun,
  • Liuyan Jiang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3231
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 12
pp. 2629 – 2633

Abstract

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Abstract ALK‐positive ALCL can lead to rapid irreversible destruction of the optic pathway. Early treatment should be instituted in patients with CNS involvement or those at increased CNS risk.

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