title: Optic tract edema in a meningioma of the tuberculum sellae.
abstract: We report a case of tuberculum sellae meningioma with optic tract edema. Contrary to a prior report on this topic, edema along the optic tract is not only seen in craniopharyngiomas but may be seen (although rarely) in other common parasellar tumors, as in our case of a tuberculum sellae meningioma. The pathogenesis of this edema in meningioma is controversial.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33136, USA.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Sklar
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Schatz
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sternau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Seffo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012658:Sella Turcica