Malignant optic glioma masked by suspected optic neuritis and central retinal vein occlusion

Malignant optic glioma presents a clinical and diagnostic challenge, as early imaging findings overlap with other more common causes of optic nerve enhancement and enlargement, potentially leading to delay in diagnosis. This rare diagnosis carries an extremely poor prognosis, with death usually occu...

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Autores principales: Kalnins, Aleksandrs, Penta, Mrudula, El-Sawy, Tarek, Liao, Y. Joyce, Fischbein, Nancy, Iv, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Head and Neck
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30450148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.10.023
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author Kalnins, Aleksandrs
Penta, Mrudula
El-Sawy, Tarek
Liao, Y. Joyce
Fischbein, Nancy
Iv, Michael
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description Malignant optic glioma presents a clinical and diagnostic challenge, as early imaging findings overlap with other more common causes of optic nerve enhancement and enlargement, potentially leading to delay in diagnosis. This rare diagnosis carries an extremely poor prognosis, with death usually occurring within 1 year. We present a case of malignant optic glioma that was initially diagnosed as optic neuritis and central retinal vein occlusion, and we emphasize the importance of serial imaging and definitive biopsy to promote early diagnosis and treatment of this entity.
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spelling pubmed-62347042018-11-16 Malignant optic glioma masked by suspected optic neuritis and central retinal vein occlusion Kalnins, Aleksandrs Penta, Mrudula El-Sawy, Tarek Liao, Y. Joyce Fischbein, Nancy Iv, Michael Radiol Case Rep Head and Neck Malignant optic glioma presents a clinical and diagnostic challenge, as early imaging findings overlap with other more common causes of optic nerve enhancement and enlargement, potentially leading to delay in diagnosis. This rare diagnosis carries an extremely poor prognosis, with death usually occurring within 1 year. We present a case of malignant optic glioma that was initially diagnosed as optic neuritis and central retinal vein occlusion, and we emphasize the importance of serial imaging and definitive biopsy to promote early diagnosis and treatment of this entity. Elsevier 2018-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6234704/ /pubmed/30450148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.10.023 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Malignant optic glioma masked by suspected optic neuritis and central retinal vein occlusion
title Malignant optic glioma masked by suspected optic neuritis and central retinal vein occlusion
title_full Malignant optic glioma masked by suspected optic neuritis and central retinal vein occlusion
title_fullStr Malignant optic glioma masked by suspected optic neuritis and central retinal vein occlusion
title_full_unstemmed Malignant optic glioma masked by suspected optic neuritis and central retinal vein occlusion
title_short Malignant optic glioma masked by suspected optic neuritis and central retinal vein occlusion
title_sort malignant optic glioma masked by suspected optic neuritis and central retinal vein occlusion
topic Head and Neck
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30450148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.10.023
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