title: Hematoma of optic nerve glioma--a cause for sudden proptosis. Magnetic resonance imaging findings.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange 92668.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Applegate
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Pribram
mesh_terms: 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