title: Amaurosis in infancy due to craniopharyngioma: a not-exceptional but often misdiagnosed symptom.
abstract: Since children may not be able to complain of progressive reduction in optic acuity, visual assessment in infancy may present practical difficulties. The authors report a case of craniopharyngioma, which led a young child to early blindness before the correct diagnosis could be made. Similar to other reported cases, the authors found that surgery did not substantially modify the preoperative visual deficit. They conclude that minimal improvement in visual acuity can be expected despite successful microsurgical removal of the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Treviso Regional Hospital-University of Padova, Treviso, Italy. alberto.feletti@unipd.it
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Feletti
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marton
authors.forename: Grazia Marina
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Mazzucco
authors.forename: Shanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Pierluigi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Longatti
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007016:Hypophysectomy / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D013285:Strabismus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014792:Visual Acuity