Dural ectasia of the optic nerve sheath

Optic nerve dural ectasia is a rare cause of optic nerve sheath enlargement due to the accumulation of CSF around the optic nerve with no associated pathology. It diagnosed by MRI studies and can follow benign or sometimes an unfavorable course. We describe the case of a 24-day-old female referred f...

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Autores principales: Kacem, Hanane Hadj, Hammani, Lehcen, Ajana, Ali, Nassar, Itimad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4218639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25374645
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.140.3755
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author Kacem, Hanane Hadj
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Ajana, Ali
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description Optic nerve dural ectasia is a rare cause of optic nerve sheath enlargement due to the accumulation of CSF around the optic nerve with no associated pathology. It diagnosed by MRI studies and can follow benign or sometimes an unfavorable course. We describe the case of a 24-day-old female referred for a visual blurring, which we diagnosed as a dural ectasia of the optic nerve sheath by MRI and confirmed in surgical intervention. We present this case report to illustrate the classic imaging features of the disease.
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spelling pubmed-42186392014-11-05 Dural ectasia of the optic nerve sheath Kacem, Hanane Hadj Hammani, Lehcen Ajana, Ali Nassar, Itimad Pan Afr Med J Case Report Optic nerve dural ectasia is a rare cause of optic nerve sheath enlargement due to the accumulation of CSF around the optic nerve with no associated pathology. It diagnosed by MRI studies and can follow benign or sometimes an unfavorable course. We describe the case of a 24-day-old female referred for a visual blurring, which we diagnosed as a dural ectasia of the optic nerve sheath by MRI and confirmed in surgical intervention. We present this case report to illustrate the classic imaging features of the disease. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4218639/ /pubmed/25374645 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.17.140.3755 Text en © Hanane Hadj Kacem et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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