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1111418

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
The case is presented of a 5-year-old boy with progressive visual loss and physical findings suggestive of pituitary dysfunction. A craniotomy revealed opticochiasmatic arachnoiditis and empty sella. The concomitance of these conditions has not been reported. Both entities are associated with arachnoid cysts or cyst-like swellings of the arachnoid, according to the literature. It is proposed that a primary arachnoid cyst may have displaced the pituitary in the sella resulting in secondary inflammatory responses which affected the chiasm. An alternate, but similar explanation, would involve a perichiasmatic arachnoiditis of unknown cause resulting in cystic invasion of the sella. Rupture of the presumed cyst is believed to have occurred late in the preoperative course, and to have been responsible for aggravation of the symptoms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0003-4886
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
73-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Chiasmatic arachnoiditis and empty sella: report and discussion of a case.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.