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How would you approach a symptomatic patient with with a history of whole brain RT with new bilateral MRI enhancing lesions within the optic nerves?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network

The differential would be optic neuritis from immunotherapy or leptomeningeal disease.

Is there any visual deficit?

It appears there is a lesion as described above rather than enhancement which would favor disease. One would need to know the disease status outside brain and if there is any other sus...

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