title: Optic nerve decompression. Presumed postoperative development of medullated nerve fibers.
abstract: A child had an inoperable arterial venous malformation with chronic papilledema first noticed at age 7 months. Bilateral optic nerve decompressions were performed with satisfactory results. What appeared to be medullated nerve fibers developed in the retina of one eye 5 1/2 months after surgery.
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003664:Decompression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012160:Retina