Bilateral massive gliosis of the retina involving the optic nerves. Report of a case.
A 40-year old woman, blind in her right eye since childhood and in the left since the age of 15, presented a gliomatous tumoral mass filling up the eyes completely. Sections of the optic nerve of one eye showed the same cellular aspect noted in both intraocular tumors. The optic foramina had a normal size and there were no signs of Recklinghausen's disease. The diagnosis was bilateral reactive gliosis but the presence of a congenital anomaly has to be postulated in order to explain the involvement of the optic nerve in the process of intraocular gliosis.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005911:Gliosis; D006801:Humans; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*