title: A Giant Tumefactive Virchow-Robin Space: A Rare Cause of a Homonymous Quadrantanopia.
abstract: A 53-year-old woman was found to have a left inferior homonymous quadrantanopia. Brain MRI disclosed a giant Virchow-Robin space compressing the right optic tract. After fenestration of this cystic lesion, most of the visual field loss resolved. Giant Virchow-Robin spaces may cause homonymous field defects which, with appropriate management, may improve.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery (AR, RB-G, LT), University Hospital, Besançon, France; Department of Ophthalmology (A-SG, MC, BD), University Hospital, Besançon, France.
authors.forename: Alysse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rivet
authors.forename: Anne-Sophie
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gauthier
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chatain
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Billon-Grand
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thines
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Delbosc
mesh_terms: D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D035583:Rare Diseases; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000473:pathology*