Hematoma of optic nerve glioma--a cause for sudden proptosis. Magnetic resonance imaging findings.
Optic nerve glioma in patients with neurofibromatosis is a relatively benign neoplasm. It is slow growing and considered by some to be a hamartoma. Clinical presentation usually includes loss of vision and gradual, painless proptosis. We report a case in which abrupt proptosis of the right eye was shown on magnetic resonance imaging to be due to a hemorrhage into the tumor.
Applegate
L J
LJ
Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange 92668.
Pribram
H F
HF
D000293:Adolescent; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed