title: Intracanalicular lipoma.
abstract: We present a patient with unilateral progressive painless loss of vision leading to optic atrophy and blindness. High-resolution computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated adipose tissue extending from the anterior portion of an enlarged optic canal posteriorly to involve the ipsilateral optic chiasm. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an intracanalicular lipoma.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73104.
authors: N R
authors: NR
authors: Sabates
authors: B K
authors: BK
authors: Farris
authors: P H
authors: PH
authors: Stratemeier
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000209:etiology; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity