title: Pigmented tumor and acute visual loss.
abstract: A 22-year-old man presents with a history of blurring of vision in his right eye. Ophthalmologic examination reveals a pigmented mass obscuring his optic disc. Two weeks later the patient experienced the apoplectic onset of visual loss to light perception. Discussions center around the presumed diagnosis of melanocytoma of the optic nerve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Naval Hospital, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Shuey
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Blacharski
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009898:Optic Disk; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010781:Photography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed