Journal article
Anterior clinoid mucocele causing acute monocular blindness
Clinical & experimental ophthalmology, Vol.35(7), pp.675-676
09/2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01569.x
PMID: 17894691
Abstract
We report a patient who presented with acute painful monocular visual loss reminiscent of idiopathic optic neuritis. After treatment with corticosteroids was commenced, an anterior clinoid mucocele causing compressive optic neuropathy was demonstrated on imaging studies. The diagnosis was proven histopathologically following excision of the lesion via craniotomy. Although very rare as a cause of optic neuropathy, anterior clinoid mucocele should be excluded by adequately imaging the optic canal, as visual prognosis is poor if surgical decompression is not performed in a timely fashion.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Anterior clinoid mucocele causing acute monocular blindness
- Creators
- Matthew J ThurtellMichael BesserG Michael Halmagyi
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical & experimental ophthalmology, Vol.35(7), pp.675-676
- Publisher
- Australia
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01569.x
- PMID
- 17894691
- ISSN
- 1442-6404
- eISSN
- 1442-9071
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2007
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983979917502771
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