title: Solitary metastasis of breast carcinoma in the optic chiasm.
abstract: Optic chiasmatic compression from suprasellar metastatic lesions is well known, but metastasis intrinsic to the optic chiasm has not been reported. A 45-year-old woman, with treated breast carcinoma, presented with headache and chiasmatic syndrome from a large suprasellar tumour. At surgery, an exophytic chiasmatic tumour was encountered, with an appearance similar to a glioma. The pathological appearance was consistent with the primary neoplasm in the breast.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Baeesa
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Benoit
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009897:Optic Chiasm; D019574:Optic Nerve Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed