Visual loss as the initial presentation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

J Clin Neuroophthalmol. 1993 Mar;13(1):24-6.

Abstract

Eye symptoms and cranial nerve involvement are rather common in nasopharyngeal carcinomas, but early invasion of the optic nerve is very rare. Two cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma that presented initially with visual loss are reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Blindness / diagnosis
  • Blindness / etiology*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / complications*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Visual Acuity