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16505967

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-4-18
pubmed:abstractText
The anterior optic pathways are rarely affected by vascular malformations. In a meticulous literature review, 42 published cases of patients with vascular malformations within optic nerves, chiasma and/or optic tract were found, 30 of them being diagnosed as cavernous haemangiomas. All of them suffered from visual disturbances; in 38.1% previous symptoms had occurred. Surgical treatment resulted in major improvement in most patients. We include a further patient with a cavernous haemangioma of the optic chiasma and left optic tract who presented with an acute defect of the right visual field and severe retro-orbital pain. We succeeded in total excision of the malformation via a neuronavigationally guided approach. In the postoperative course, vision of our patient improved immediately and was found to be completely normal three months after the surgical intervention. Considering our patient and the published cases in the literature, we are of the opinion that microsurgical excision is a safe and efficient treatment for these rare pathologies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0001-6268
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
148
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
571-8; discussion 578
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Cavernous haemangiomas of the anterior visual pathways. Short review on occasion of an exceptional case.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Landes-Nervenklinik Wagner-Jauregg, Linz, Austria. michael.lehner@gespag.at
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports