title: Hemorrhage Within the Optic Nerve From a Cavernous Hemangioma of the Optic Disc.
abstract: A 49-year-old woman with a known right optic disc cavernous hemangioma experienced pain with eye movements and worsening of a superior visual field defect. While she retained 20/20 visual acuity in each eye, findings on magnetic resonance imaging were consistent with a hemorrhage in the anterior portion of the right intraorbital optic nerve. Her visual function stabilized spontaneously. We are unaware of previous reports of hemorrhage into the optic nerve from a cavernous hemangioma of the optic disc.
authors.affiliation: Neuro-Ophthalmology (AG, DMC), Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts; and Department of Ophthalmology (SRG, AC, AG, DMC), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Seanna R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Grob
authors.forename: Ashley A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: Dean M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Cestari
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology*; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D058609:Visual Field Tests