title: Infiltration of the optic chiasm, nerve, and disc by gliomatosis cerebri.
abstract: An 18-year-old man with gliomatosis cerebri (GC) developed tumor infiltration of the optic chiasm and right optic nerve including the optic disc. Although papilledema often is seen with GC, tumor invasion of the optic nerve head is observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology (IT, JW, MD), Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York; and the Department of Neurology (SS, MR), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Ilana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Traynis
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Winterkorn
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenblum
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dinkin
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D018302:Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000473:pathology*; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult