title: Cavernous angioma of the optic nerve. Case report.
abstract: The case of a 24-year-old woman with a cavernoma of the right optic nerve is presented. She suffered recurrent headaches and showed a deficit of the right nasal visual field. A computed tomography scan, a computed tomography cisternography, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lesion in projection on the right suprasellar cistern, yet angiography was inconspicuous. On operation, an angiomatous tumor of the right optic nerve with a surrounding hemorrhage was found. Histological examination of the specimen confirmed the intraoperative diagnosis of a cavernoma. Postoperatively, the right nasal visual field deficit increased slightly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tübingen Medical School, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hassler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zentner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petersen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed