title: [Paraneoplastic optochiasmatic arachnoiditis (author's transl)].
abstract: It has been established that trauma and infection are the most important causes of "optochiasmatic" arachnoiditis. Only a few cases have been reported in the literature of collateral optochiasmatic arachnoiditis caused by tumors. Two cases of craniopharyngioma with collateral optochiasmatic arachnoiditis are described here. The following was deduced: 1) atypical complex visual field defects in which the exact location of the tumor is known may be caused--at least partially--by a collateral optochiasmatic arachnoiditis 2) whenever optochiasmatic arachnoiditis is suspected a tumor as a possible cause should be ruled out.
mesh_terms: D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009897:Optic Chiasm; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014794:Visual Fields
vernacular_title: Paratumorale Arachnoiditis optochiasmatica.