title: Idiopathic opticochiasmatic arachnoiditis.
abstract: : A critical review of the literature indicates that idiopathic opticochiasmatic arachnoiditis, once considered an important consideration in patients with otherwise unexplained optic atrophy, is not a valid disease entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology (SL), Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Ophthalmology (AG), Poznan City Hospital Poznan, Poland; and Department of Ophthalmology (AG), University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland.
authors.forename: Simmons
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lessell
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: E Grzybowski
mesh_terms: D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009896:Optic Atrophy / Q000209:etiology*; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000473:pathology*