Computed tomography of an optic chiasm glioma in an elderly patient.
A 75-year-old white woman, otherwise healthy, developed progressively reduced visual acuity primarily in her left eye over 2 months. A computed tomography scan of the head demonstrated a moderately large, round, circumscribed, benign-appearing suprasellar mass that was enhanced with infusion of contrast medium. At craniotomy, a glioma of the optic chiasm that extended into the left optic nerve was observed.
D000368:Aged; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed