Posterior fossa tumor presenting with bilateral proptosis and blindness.
It is very unusual for a posterior fossa tumor to present with proptosis. A 24 years old female patient who had a CT Scan proven posterior fossa tumor presented with severe headache, bilateral proptosis and blindness is reported. The rarity of the cause of proptosis and blindness and also the difficulty in reaching at the clinical diagnosis is discussed.
Worku
Yoseph
Y
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Bejiga
Abebe
A
Assefa
Getachew
G
D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015192:Infratentorial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology*