Optic nerve glioma mimicking an optic nerve meningioma

The case is described of an optic nerve glioma, mimicking an optic nerve meningioma in a man aged 41 years. CT, MRI and DSA revealed an enhancing tumor surrounding the optic nerve. Histopathologic examination of the removed optic nerve revealed a centrally located glioma surrounded by normal optic n...

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Published in:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 1996-08, Vol.98 (3), p.258-261
Main Authors: Liauw, L., Vielvoye, G.J., de Keizer, R.J.W., van Duinen, S.G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Angiography
Biological and medical sciences
Cerebral Angiography
Cranial Nerve Neoplasms - diagnosis
Cranial Nerve Neoplasms - pathology
Cranial Nerve Neoplasms - ultrastructure
Diagnosis, Differential
Diseases of visual field, optic nerve, optic chiasma and optic tracts
Glioma - diagnosis
Glioma - pathology
Glioma - ultrastructure
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Meningioma - diagnosis
Meningioma - pathology
Meningioma - ultrastructure
Ophthalmology
Optic Nerve - pathology
Optic Nerve - ultrastructure
Optic nerve glioma
Optic nerve meningioma
Orbital tumor
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:The case is described of an optic nerve glioma, mimicking an optic nerve meningioma in a man aged 41 years. CT, MRI and DSA revealed an enhancing tumor surrounding the optic nerve. Histopathologic examination of the removed optic nerve revealed a centrally located glioma surrounded by normal optic nerve fibres.
ISSN:0303-8467
1872-6968
DOI:10.1016/0303-8467(96)00022-4