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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-1
pubmed:abstractText
The pathogenesis of optic neuropathy caused by neurovascular compression or by similar mechanisms is unclear. Thin-slice magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was performed in 69 patients with optic neuropathy without demonstrable ophthalmological lesions (57.0 +/- 17.1 years of age) and 102 normal subjects (57.7 +/- 13.9 years of age). The MR imaging features were classified into "no compression" by the internal carotid artery (ICA), "compression" by the ICA, "no contact" with the anterior cerebral artery (ACA) or the gyrus rectus, "contact" with either or both, "compression" by the ACA, and "compression" by the gyrus rectus. The Spearman correlation coefficients were calculated between patients or controls, the MR classification, and the age, and the number of patients in each MR classification were evaluated by the chi 2 test. Five of the 69 patients with rapidly progressive symptoms were operated on via the frontotemporal approach. The MR imaging feature of "compression" by the gyrus rectus was the best predictor of optic neuropathy (Spearman correlation coefficients rho = -0.23646, p < 0.0018). This MR imaging feature was observed in 38 of 69 patients and in 32 of 102 controls (p = 0.002). Compression of the nerve by the gyrus rectus or the ACA was confirmed in all five operated cases. Decompression of the nerve was fully achieved in four of the five patients, and their symptoms have not progressed since then. Optic neuropathies due to compression by the prolapsing gyrus rectus are not well understood. Such neuropathies may be detected by MR imaging.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0470-8105
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
301-7; discussion 307-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Anterior Cerebral Artery, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Carotid Artery, Internal, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Decompression, Surgical, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Frontal Lobe, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Glaucoma, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Intraocular Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Nerve Compression Syndromes, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Optic Atrophy, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:10892266-Visual Fields
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Prolapsing gyrus rectus as a cause of progressive optic neuropathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Kitano Medical Research Institute and Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports