title: [Misinterpretation of unilateral swelling of the optic nerve].
abstract: The problems of differential diagnosis in the interpretations of orbital CT results are illustrated by three cases of unilateral swelling of the optic nerve. The apparently similar changes in a nonspecific perineural inflammation and two cases of an endotheliomatose meningioma are described. The importance of the clinical picture and of CT examination for diagnostic classification is illustrated by these examples.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Fehlinterpretation unilateraler Opticusverdickungen.