RADIATION-INDUCED OPTIC NEUROPATHY 4 YEARS AFTER RADIATION - REPORT OF A CASE FOLLOWED UP WITH MRI

Authors
PIQUEMAL R COTTIER JP ARSENE S LIORET E ROSPARS C HERBRETEAU D JAN M RENARD JP
Citation
R. Piquemal et al., RADIATION-INDUCED OPTIC NEUROPATHY 4 YEARS AFTER RADIATION - REPORT OF A CASE FOLLOWED UP WITH MRI, Neuroradiology, 40(7), 1998, pp. 439-441
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283940
Volume
40
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
439 - 441
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(1998)40:7<439:RON4YA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We report a case of radiation-induced optic neuropathy in a 32-year-ol d man with Gushing's disease and a recurrent tumour of the left cavern ous sinus. The patient experienced rapid, painless loss of vision 4 ye ars after treatment without recurrence of tumour or other visual disor der. MRI showed enlargement and contrast enhancement of the optic chia sm, A year later the patient was almost blind and MRI showed atrophy a nd persistent contrast enhancement of the chiasm.