Optic glioma masquerading as spasmus nutans.
An eight-month-old child who presented with signs of spasmus nutans subsequently developed obstructive hydrocephalus, bilateral optic atrophy, and loss of vision due to a juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma involving the optic nerves, chiasm, and anterior third ventricle. It appears that gliomas arising from this region may produce signs that imitate spasmus nutans.
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000601:surgery*; D009900:Optic Nerve; D013035:Spasm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed