Infiltration of the optic chiasm, nerve, and disc by gliomatosis cerebri

Ilana Traynis; Samuel Singer; Jacqueline Winterkorn; Marc Rosenblum; Marc Dinkin

doi:10.1097/WNO.0b013e31827912d7

Infiltration of the optic chiasm, nerve, and disc by gliomatosis cerebri

J Neuroophthalmol. 2014 Mar;34(1):44-6. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31827912d7.

Authors

Ilana Traynis¹, Samuel Singer, Jacqueline Winterkorn, Marc Rosenblum, Marc Dinkin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology (IT, JW, MD), Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York; and the Department of Neurology (SS, MR), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.

PMID: 23287703
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31827912d7

Abstract

An 18-year-old man with gliomatosis cerebri (GC) developed tumor infiltration of the optic chiasm and right optic nerve including the optic disc. Although papilledema often is seen with GC, tumor invasion of the optic nerve head is observed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Neoplasms / complications
Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Diagnosis, Differential
Fatal Outcome
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / complications
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / diagnosis*
Optic Chiasm / pathology*
Optic Disk / pathology
Optic Nerve / pathology*
Papilledema / diagnosis
Papilledema / etiology*
Young Adult