Glioblastoma multiforme of the optic nerve
- 30 May 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 196 (9) , 799-800
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.196.9.799
Abstract
GLIOBLASTOMA multiforme of the optic nerve and chiasm is a rare lesion.1Most gliomas seen in this area are relatively benign, both clinically and histologically,2and occur most commonly in young individuals. The present case is reported because of the rare occurrence and documentation of a glioblastoma multiforme which clinically began in the optic nerves and spread rapidly to involve the chiasm and intracerebral structures. Because the patient was already being treated for cataracts, visual fields were done before, during, and after the onset of symptoms. Report of a Case A 59-year-old white woman presented with progressive blindness of the left eye. She had been treated by the Ophthalmology Service at Wilford Hall USAF Hospital for bilateral cataracts of 20 years' duration, and just prior to her present illness an intracapsular extraction of the left lens was carried out. Postoperatively, the visual acuity improved until it was 20/30This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: