Optic Nerve Hypoplasia Secondary to Intracranial Teratoma

To postulate a causal relation between optic nerve hypoplasia and a suprasellar teratoma. Case report. A 6-month-old infant with suprasellar teratoma was visually inattentive and had searching nystagmus. He had moderately severe, bilateral optic nerve hypoplasia with the left eye being somewhat wors...

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Published in:American journal of ophthalmology 1997-11, Vol.124 (5), p.705-706
Main Authors: Lee, Jivianne T., Hall, Theodore R., Bateman, J. Bronwyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Brain Neoplasms - complications
Brain Neoplasms - pathology
Brain Neoplasms - surgery
Eye Abnormalities - etiology
Eye Abnormalities - pathology
Fundus Oculi
Humans
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Malformations of the nervous system
Medical sciences
Neurology
Nystagmus, Pathologic - etiology
Optic Nerve - abnormalities
Optic Nerve - pathology
Teratoma - complications
Teratoma - pathology
Teratoma - surgery
Vision Disorders - etiology
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Summary:To postulate a causal relation between optic nerve hypoplasia and a suprasellar teratoma. Case report. A 6-month-old infant with suprasellar teratoma was visually inattentive and had searching nystagmus. He had moderately severe, bilateral optic nerve hypoplasia with the left eye being somewhat worse than the right eye. Optic nerve hypoplasia is a major cause of impaired vision in children and rarely has been attributed to an intracranial tumor. Our case, involving a patient with a suprasellar teratoma and optic nerve hypoplasia, supports a causal relation between the two.
ISSN:0002-9394
1879-1891
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9394(14)70919-5