Solitary intracranial extra-osseous plasmacytoma presenting with ophthalmic signs.

J Neuroophthalmol

Birmingham & Midland Eye Center, City Hospital NHS Trust, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QU, UK.

Published: December 2003

Solitary plasmacytomas rarely develop in the skull, meninges, or brain. Ophthalmic signs as the initial manifestations of solitary intracranial plasmacytoma have rarely been described. We report the neuro-ophthalmologic, imaging, and pathologic findings for two patients. One patient presented with optic neuropathy, the second with bilateral sixth nerve palsies. Plasmacytoma is a treatable intracranial tumor that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients who present with optic neuropathy or sixth nerve palsy.

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