title: Suprasellar meningioma presenting with an altitudinal field defect.
abstract: We report a female patient with an unusual suprasellar meningioma presenting with a right-sided inferior altitudinal visual field defect. Two causative factors were identified at surgery: an aberrant ophthalmic artery found lying on the superior aspect of the optic nerve, and marked compression of the nerve superiorly against the falciform ligament.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria 3207, Australia. jshapey@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shapey
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Danesh-Meyer
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kaye
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D035262:Cranial Fossa, Anterior / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology