Cecocentral scotomas in gliomatosis cerebri.
A previously healthy 69-year-old white male presented with slowly progressive, painless loss of vision in both eyes. Bilateral cecocentral scotomas were found, and this was his only chief complaint for 9 months. Signs of progressive neurologic dysfunction ensued, and the patient was followed through a complete neuropathologic study at postmortem examination. To our knowledge, this is the only reported instance of pathologically confirmed gliomatosis cerebri with an initial presentation of bilateral chronic cecocentral scotomas.
D000368:Aged; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012607:Scotoma / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014794:Visual Fields