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Isolated optic nerve infiltration as a site of relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay1, Debabrata Das, Gobinda Das, Sibnath Gayen.   

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Year:  2011        PMID: 21897633      PMCID: PMC3160066          DOI: 10.4103/0974-620X.83668

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Oman J Ophthalmol        ISSN: 0974-620X


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Sir, We greatly appreciate the opinion by Ali et al.[1] on optic nerve infiltration in relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in response to our article on unilateral optic nerve infiltration as an initial site of relapse of ALL in remission. The initial presentation of relapse of ALL as isolated unilateral optic nerve infiltration though rare has been reported in the literature.[2-5] After publication of this case report, we found another boy of 10 years in our hospital with similar presentation (unpublished observation). The rarity of this entity may be due to underreporting of the cases. On relapse, the visual acuity of the right eye was 20/200. We agree with Ali et al.[1] that this reduced vision was due to leukemic optic nerve infiltration presenting as unilateral optic disc edema. Following chemotherapy and radiotherapy, there was reduction of optic disc edema. The visual acuity improved only to 20/80, which was less than expected following reduced optic disc edema. The further non-improvement could be attributed to a combination of sequel of optic disc edema and radiation optic neuropathy. The computed tomography scan of brain and orbit showed only right-sided optic nerve infiltration. There was no other sign of central nervous system involvement. The thickened right optic nerve in the computed tomography scan depicts optic nerve infiltration as the cause of optic disc edema excluding true papilledema due to central nervous system involvement. Furthermore, the optic disc edema was unilateral as opposed to true papilledema which is bilateral. To conclude, the relapse of ALL as unilateral optic nerve infiltration may occur in the presence of normal complete blood count and bone marrow examination. Hence, regular ophthalmic check-up is advocated to facilitate early detection of relapse and initiation of combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
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1.  Leukaemic infiltration of the optic nerve as the initial manifestation of leukaemic relapse.

Authors:  Y-C Lin; A-G Wang; M-Y Yen; W-M Hsu
Journal:  Eye (Lond)       Date:  2004-05       Impact factor: 3.775

2.  Leukemic involvement of the optic nerve.

Authors:  H Nikaido; H Mishima; H Ono; K Choshi; H Dohy
Journal:  Am J Ophthalmol       Date:  1988-03-15       Impact factor: 5.258

3.  Unilateral optic nerve infiltration as an initial site of relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission.

Authors:  Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay; Debabrata Das; Gobinda Das; Sibnath Gayen
Journal:  Oman J Ophthalmol       Date:  2010-09

4.  Optic nerve infiltration in relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Authors:  Mohammad Javed Ali; Santosh G Honavar
Journal:  Oman J Ophthalmol       Date:  2011-01
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