Enlarging optic chiasmal glioma with stable visual acuity
Aarabi, B.; Long, D.M.; Miller, N.R.
Surgical Neurology 10(3): 175-177
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0090-3019 PMID: 705603 Document Number: 124899
A 13 1/2-year-old girl with stable, reduced visual acuity, nystagmus and Small, pale optic discs initially noted at age nine months, developed signs and symptoms of increased intracranial pressure. At craniotomy, an intrinsic glioma of the optic chiasm and both optic nerves extended into both frontal lobes, the hypothalamus and the third ventricle.