title: Postgadolinium enhancement of a compressive neuropathy of the optic nerve.
abstract: We report the MR and CT findings of a case of postgadolinium signal enhancement of the optic nerve secondary to an extrinsically compressive lesion in a 24-year-old woman with hypertrophy of the anterior clinoid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612-9413, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Grimm
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hazelton
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Murtagh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005682:Gadolinium; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D005682:Gadolinium