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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-18
pubmed:abstractText
A 27-year-old man with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS, Gorlin syndrome) who had undergone craniospinal irradiation for a childhood brain stem medulloblastoma complained of progressive binocular visual loss. Ophthalmologic examination disclosed subnormal visual acuity and visual fields in both eyes attributed to chronic papilledema. Brain MRI demonstrated mass effect from multiple large meningiomas. After embolization and surgical resection of the largest meningioma, papilledema disappeared and visual dysfunction resolved partially. This is the sixth reported patient with NBCCS, medulloblastoma, and craniospinal radiation who has developed intracranial meningioma, further documenting the fact that such patients have a relatively high likelihood of developing meningiomas, especially multiple meningiomas. Because patients with NBCCS are often mentally impaired and because papilledema can progress silently before causing irreversible visual loss, periodic ophthalmologic examination is advisable after craniospinal radiation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1536-5166
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
41-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Brain Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Intracranial Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Medulloblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Meninges, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Meningioma, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Neoplasms, Multiple Primary, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Neurosurgical Procedures, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Optic Disk, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Papilledema, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Radiotherapy, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Retina, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:18347458-Vision, Low
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Multiple intracranial meningiomas causing papilledema and visual loss in a patient with nevoid Basal cell carcinoma syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. jdtrobe@umich.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports