Acute Bilateral Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis Revealing Sphenoethmoidal Sinus Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
Primary sinonasal neuroendocrine carcinoma is a rare tumor of extreme malignancy. The diagnosis is often made at an advanced stage. The most recently documented treatment for nonmetastatic paranasal sinus neuroendocrine carcinoma consists of chemotherapy (cisplatin-VP16) followed by radiotherapy. Su...
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| author | Belfaiza Soukaina Marion Chatain Benjelloul Fatiha |
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| description | Primary sinonasal neuroendocrine carcinoma is a rare tumor of extreme malignancy. The diagnosis is often made at an advanced stage. The most recently documented treatment for nonmetastatic paranasal sinus neuroendocrine carcinoma consists of chemotherapy (cisplatin-VP16) followed by radiotherapy. Surgery is reserved for resectable tumors that do not respond well to chemotherapy. We report the case of a patient admitted for acute bilateral Retrobulbular optic neuropathy (RBON) revealing a sphenoethmoidal sinus neuroendocrine carcinoma. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5dba7a3e02d344b094145d6ec06627e52025-08-25T08:43:30ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Medical Specialities0976-28840976-28922023-01-01141606210.4103/injms.injms_130_22Acute Bilateral Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis Revealing Sphenoethmoidal Sinus Neuroendocrine CarcinomaBelfaiza SoukainaMarion ChatainBenjelloul FatihaPrimary sinonasal neuroendocrine carcinoma is a rare tumor of extreme malignancy. The diagnosis is often made at an advanced stage. The most recently documented treatment for nonmetastatic paranasal sinus neuroendocrine carcinoma consists of chemotherapy (cisplatin-VP16) followed by radiotherapy. Surgery is reserved for resectable tumors that do not respond well to chemotherapy. We report the case of a patient admitted for acute bilateral Retrobulbular optic neuropathy (RBON) revealing a sphenoethmoidal sinus neuroendocrine carcinoma.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/injms.injms_130_22acute bilateral retrobulbar optic neuritisradiotherapysphenoethmoidal sinus neuroendocrine |
| spellingShingle | Belfaiza Soukaina Marion Chatain Benjelloul Fatiha Acute Bilateral Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis Revealing Sphenoethmoidal Sinus Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Indian Journal of Medical Specialities acute bilateral retrobulbar optic neuritis radiotherapy sphenoethmoidal sinus neuroendocrine |
| title | Acute Bilateral Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis Revealing Sphenoethmoidal Sinus Neuroendocrine Carcinoma |
| title_full | Acute Bilateral Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis Revealing Sphenoethmoidal Sinus Neuroendocrine Carcinoma |
| title_fullStr | Acute Bilateral Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis Revealing Sphenoethmoidal Sinus Neuroendocrine Carcinoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute Bilateral Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis Revealing Sphenoethmoidal Sinus Neuroendocrine Carcinoma |
| title_short | Acute Bilateral Retrobulbar Optic Neuritis Revealing Sphenoethmoidal Sinus Neuroendocrine Carcinoma |
| title_sort | acute bilateral retrobulbar optic neuritis revealing sphenoethmoidal sinus neuroendocrine carcinoma |
| topic | acute bilateral retrobulbar optic neuritis radiotherapy sphenoethmoidal sinus neuroendocrine |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/injms.injms_130_22 |
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