Hemorrhage into fibrous dysplasia following minor head injury--effective decompression for the ophthalmic artery and optic nerve

Surg Neurol. 1989 Dec;32(6):421-6. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(89)90004-9.

Abstract

We performed an effective optic canal decompression in a patient with ethmoid and sphenoid fibrous dysplasia and visual impairment following minor head trauma. On admission, the patient's left visual acuity consisted only of light perception, and the left ophthalmic artery was not visible by angiography. A hematoma and fibrous dysplasia tissue in the sphenoid sinus were excised and the left optic canal was decompressed. The vision was markedly improved to an ability to count fingers in the following 2 weeks. The left ophthalmic artery was fully opacified in the postoperative angiogram.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / etiology
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / surgery*
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / complications*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Child
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / complications*
  • Ethmoid Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Ethmoid Bone / pathology
  • Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / complications
  • Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Ophthalmic Artery / surgery*
  • Optic Nerve / surgery*
  • Sphenoid Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Sphenoid Bone / pathology