Cavernous malformation of the optic chiasm: An uncommon location

BACKGROUND: Cavernous malformations (CMs) of the optic chiasm are rare lesions often presenting with acute chiasmal syndrome or a progressive visual loss. The case of a 48-year-old female with an intrachiasmatic CM is presented. CASE DESCRIPTION: The patient presented with an insidious history of pr...

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Autores principales: Alafaci, Concetta, Grasso, Giovanni, Granata, Francesca, Cutugno, Mariano, Marino, Daniele, Salpietro, Francesco M., Tomasello, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4405893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25949848
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.155256
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author Alafaci, Concetta
Grasso, Giovanni
Granata, Francesca
Cutugno, Mariano
Marino, Daniele
Salpietro, Francesco M.
Tomasello, Francesco
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description BACKGROUND: Cavernous malformations (CMs) of the optic chiasm are rare lesions often presenting with acute chiasmal syndrome or a progressive visual loss. The case of a 48-year-old female with an intrachiasmatic CM is presented. CASE DESCRIPTION: The patient presented with an insidious history of progressive visual loss. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a CM in the suprasellar region. The patient was operated via a right pterional approach with a complete lesion removal. The postoperative course was uneventful. Early postoperative ophthalmological examination revealed minimal improvement of the vision in the left eye. CONCLUSION: The clinical, neuroradiological, and intraoperative findings are presented, along with a review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-44058932015-05-06 Cavernous malformation of the optic chiasm: An uncommon location Alafaci, Concetta Grasso, Giovanni Granata, Francesca Cutugno, Mariano Marino, Daniele Salpietro, Francesco M. Tomasello, Francesco Surg Neurol Int Case Report BACKGROUND: Cavernous malformations (CMs) of the optic chiasm are rare lesions often presenting with acute chiasmal syndrome or a progressive visual loss. The case of a 48-year-old female with an intrachiasmatic CM is presented. CASE DESCRIPTION: The patient presented with an insidious history of progressive visual loss. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a CM in the suprasellar region. The patient was operated via a right pterional approach with a complete lesion removal. The postoperative course was uneventful. Early postoperative ophthalmological examination revealed minimal improvement of the vision in the left eye. CONCLUSION: The clinical, neuroradiological, and intraoperative findings are presented, along with a review of the literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4405893/ /pubmed/25949848 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.155256 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Alafaci C http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 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 author and source are credited.
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Alafaci, Concetta
Grasso, Giovanni
Granata, Francesca
Cutugno, Mariano
Marino, Daniele
Salpietro, Francesco M.
Tomasello, Francesco
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title Cavernous malformation of the optic chiasm: An uncommon location
title_full Cavernous malformation of the optic chiasm: An uncommon location
title_fullStr Cavernous malformation of the optic chiasm: An uncommon location
title_full_unstemmed Cavernous malformation of the optic chiasm: An uncommon location
title_short Cavernous malformation of the optic chiasm: An uncommon location
title_sort cavernous malformation of the optic chiasm: an uncommon location
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4405893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25949848
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.155256
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