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CASE REPORT
Thyroid malignancy presenting with visual loss: an unusual case of paraneoplastic retinopathy
  1. Emily Hughes1,
  2. Sarah Moran1,
  3. Ian Flitcroft2,
  4. Patricia Logan1
  1. 1Department of Ophthalmology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
  2. 2Department of Ophthalmology, Children's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
  1. Correspondence to Dr Emily Hughes, emilylhughes{at}gmail.com

Summary

Paraneoplastic retinopathy is a rare cause of painless vision loss, associated with an underlying (and often occult) systemic malignancy. Ocular examination findings are subtle, and the diagnosis is often made on the basis of electrophysiology findings. This report describes the case of a 48-year-old Caucasian man with paraneoplastic retinopathy presenting as visual disturbance, central scotomata and abnormal electrophysiology. He was subsequently diagnosed with papillary thyroid malignancy.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-216998

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    • Contributors EH and SM contributed to clinical management of the patient's care, and drafted the manuscript. IF made substantial contributions in determining the diagnosis and interpreting the electrophysiology described in the report, and critically revised the manuscript for intellectual content. PL was the consultant responsible for the patient's care, and both IF and PL contributed to drafting, and revising, the manuscript. All authors have given final approval for the manuscript to be published.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.