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Cancer-Associated Retinopathy

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Cancer-associated retinopathy (CAR) is a subgroup of autoimmune retinopathy caused by paraneoplastic anti-retinal antibodies. It is characterized by bilateral, rapidly progressive, painless vision loss, often out of proportion to the clinical exam. Visual field testing typically shows scotomas and/or constriction. Electroretinography (ERG) often shows decreased amplitudes or delayed peak-times but may be within normal range or near-normal early in the disease.

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  1. Laboratory of Immunology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bldg. 10 Rm. 10 N112, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Maggie M. Wei, Karen R. Armbrust & H. Nida Sen

  2. Ophthalmic Genetics and Visual Function Branch, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bldg. 10 Rm. 10 N226, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Brett G. Jeffrey

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  1. Advanced Eye Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University, Paris, France

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P Herbort Jr.

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Wei, M.M., Armbrust, K.R., Jeffrey, B.G., Sen, H.N. (2016). Cancer-Associated Retinopathy. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Herbort Jr., C. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_102-1

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