Bilateral irreversible blindness in leukaemic meningitis: cause or cure?

Ann Hematol. 2011 Dec;90(12):1487-8. doi: 10.1007/s00277-011-1202-7. Epub 2011 Mar 4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic* / adverse effects
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic* / therapeutic use
  • Blindness / chemically induced*
  • Cytarabine* / adverse effects
  • Cytarabine* / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / complications
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / drug therapy*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meningitis* / complications
  • Meningitis* / drug therapy
  • Meningitis* / etiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Optic Nerve / pathology
  • Retina / pathology

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Cytarabine