Resolution of optociliary shunt vessels.
A 40-year-old woman developed profound bilateral loss of vision from chronic atrophic papilledema. There were striking optociliary shunt vessels on the right optic disc. Within 1 month after removal of a massive intracranial meningioma, the shunt vessels had regressed markedly. This regression was evident on fluorescein angiograms. We attribute their resolution to the normalization of intracranial pressure.
D000328:Adult; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications*; D012169:Retinal Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed