ARACHNOID CYST OF THE INTRAORBITAL PORTION OF THE OPTIC NERVE WITH UNILATERAL DISC OEDEMA AND TRANSIENT SHALLOWING OF THE ANTERIOR CHAMBER
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Ophthalmologica
- Vol. 55 (6) , 959-964
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1977.tb05677.x
Abstract
An unusual occurrence of chronic monocular disc edema, visual loss and shallowing of the anterior chamber in a patient with an arachnoid cyst involving a portion of the intraorbital optic nerve was reported. Decompression of the optic nerve sheath through a Kroenlein approach was followed by prompt deepening of the anterior chamber and a gradual, delayed relief of the disc edema. Orbitotomy and decompression of the optic nerve sheath should be done before atrophic changes of the optic nerve and visual loss begin to develop.Keywords
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