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Table 1 Paraneoplastic neuro-retinopathy patients with anti-optic nerve and anti-retinal AAbs

From: Diversity in autoimmunity against retinal, neuronal, and axonal antigens in acquired neuro-retinopathy

Number

Sex

Age

Diagnosed cancer

Onset of cancer

Onset of visual symptoms

Reported optic nerve findings

Anti-optic nerve AAbs

Anti-retinal AAbs

1

F

43

Brain venous angioma

2006

2004

 

46 k

46 k

2

F

43

Breast

  

Apparent temporal pallor

27 k, 35 k

27 k

3

F

50

Breast

2005

2007

Bilateral temporal optic disc pallor and juxtapapillary atrophic changes OD > OS

46 k

46 k

4

F

59

Breast

1999

2006

Glaucoma

24 k,36 k, 50 k, 70 k

46 k, 62 k, 70 k, 112 k

5

F

55

Breast

  

Optic neuropathy

46 k, 82 k

46, 66 k, 82 k

6

F

68

Breast

  

Sequential episodes of optic neuropathies

30, 42 k low

negative

7

F

58

Breast

   

23 k, 27 k

23 k, 25 k, 32 k, 33 k

8

F

60

Breast

 

2008

 

62 k

35 k,38 k low

9

F

47

Breast metastatic to brain

  

Congenital optic nerve change with tilting OS,

30 k, 36 k

46 k

10

F

56

Cervix

1983

2009

Slightly enlarged cup to disc ratio bilaterally

36 k, 42 k, 96 k

30 k

11

F

58

Cervix

   

46 k

 

12

M

64

Colorectal

2004

2008

 

23 k

40 k, 44 k, 46 k, 60 k

13

F

71

Endometrium metastatic

   

46 k

46 k high

14

F

61

Glioblastoma

  

Homonymous hemianopsia OD, hemi between the macula and optic nerve

35 k low

35 k low

15

M

43

Malignant hepatoma

2006

2005?

Optic atrophy

33 k

33 k

16

F

65

Lung

2008

2006

 

7 proteins 35–50 k

28 k, 46 k

17

F

78

Lung non-small cell carcinoma

  

Holes in both capsules

30 k

30 k

18

F

55

Lymphoma CNS

 

2006

 

70 k

70 k

19

F

83

Melanoma

  

Optic neuropathy

28 k

47 k, 70 k, 112 k

20

F

79

Melanoma

   

46 k, 45 k

46 k

21

M

61

Melanoma

   

30 k

30 k

22

F

72

Ovarian

   

46 k

35 k, 46 k

23

M

77

Prostate

1996

2003

RNFL slightly thinned temporally OD;

61 k, 62 k

30 k, 67 k, 112 k

24

M

79

Prostate

2005

2000

 

41 k

negative

25

M

85

Prostate and adrenal adenoma

2002

  

24–25 k

negative

26

M

77

Prostate and skin cancers

2001

2005

 

24–26 k

negative

27

F

61

Rectal

2008

2003

Very enlarged blind spots OU

46 k

46 k

28

F

35

Renal

~2008

  

46 k

30 k, 46 k, 90 k, 140 k

29

F

70

Thyroid

2006

 

Vertical optic nerve head cupping OS > OD, in OS with peripapillary atrophy

90 k

49–50 k, 90 k

30

M

72

Thyroid benign

2004

~1973

 

36 k, 54 k

27 k, 30 k, 33 k

  1. k kilodaltons; OS left eye, OD right eye