Bilateral optic nerve meningioma. Case report.
A case of bilateral optic nerve meningioma is reported. The onset of the clinical symptoms, at age 27, resembled unilateral optic neuritis with papilledema, leading to bilateral amaurosis with optic atrophy 4 years later. Skull X-ray revealed a "blistering' type of bone reaction. In the carotid angiogram, the ophthalmic artery appeared quite enlarged and displaced. The CT scan showed a fusiform enlargement of both optic nerves. Pathological diagnosis was based upon an optic nerve biopsy. Including the present case, only 12 instances of bilateral optic nerve meningioma have been reported.
D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D009900:Optic Nerve; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed