title: Diagnostic pitfall: optic neuritis mimicking optic nerve glioma.
abstract: We report a case of optic neuritis with enlargement of the optic nerve on MRI. This neuroradiological finding is most commonly seen in tumours of the optic nerve and led together with an inconclusive intraoperative frozen section to an incorrect tentative diagnosis of optic nerve glioma which fatally resulted in the resection of the optic nerve.
authors: Department of Neuropathology, Klinikum Bremen-Mitte, Bremen, Germany. markus.bergmann@klinikum-bremen-mitte.de
authors: Markus
authors: M
authors: Bergmann
authors: Wolfgang
authors: W
authors: Brück
authors: Uwe
authors: U
authors: Neubauer
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Probst-Cousin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D020339:Optic Nerve Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*