title: Traumatic Chiasmal Syndrome: A Midline Axonal Injury.
abstract: We report a 26-year-old man who developed cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhoea and complete bitemporal hemianopia after having sustained a blunt frontal region trauma. The chronology of midline frontal trauma and CSF rhinorrhoea, followed days later by transient diabetes insipidus and discovery of a bitemporal visual field loss, makes up a unique syndrome and must be evaluated for. Mechanism of such injuries, their pertinent complications, and review of literature are herein discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Trust Hospital , Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Tarang K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Vora
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Trust Hospital , Kochi, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Ravi
keywords:  blunt frontal region trauma; Bitemporal hemianopia; midline axonal injury; traumatic chiasmal syndrome