Catalog

Paraneoplastic optic neuropathy

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Paraneoplastic optic neuropathy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/764153599

This is the presence of cancer in the body, but is not due to the local presence of cancer cells, with damage to the optic nerve due to any cause. Damage and death of these nerve cells, or neurons, leads to characteristic features of optic neuropathy, unspecified.