Intracranial esthesioneuroblastoma associated with unilateral visual loss. Case report.
Esthesioneuroblastoma is a rare tumor that arises from the olfactory mucosa and presents usually as a mass in the nasal cavity. Neurological complications occur in about 20% of these cases. Nine cases have been recorded so far in which the neoplasm manifested initially as an intracranial mass. These cases are reviewed and another patient, presenting with progressive unilateral visual loss, is reported.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D018241:Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery