CANCER ASSOCIATED RETINOPATHY

Course overview

RECOGNIZING THE REMOTE EFFECTS OF CANCER IS IMPORTANT AS THEY MAY POINT TOWARDS AN UNDIAGNOSED MALIGNANCY OR EVEN RECURRENCE OF A PREVIOUSLY TREATED NEOPLASM. CANCER-ASSOCIATED RETINOPATHY (CAR) IS A RARE RETINAL PARANEOPLASTIC DISORDER ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER THAT CAN CAUSE BLINDNESS. INVESTIGATIONS HELPFUL IN IDENTIFYING THIS CONDITION INCLUDE VISUAL FIELDS, FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE (FAF), FUNDUS FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY (FFA), SPECTRAL-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (SD-OCT), ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL TESTS, AND ANTIBODY TESTING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ETIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, EVALUATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF CANCER-ASSOCIATED RETINOPATHY AND THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN MANAGING THE CONDITION.