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Diagnostic pitfall: Optic neuritis mimicking optic nerve glioma
Author(s) -
Bergmann Markus,
Brück Wolfgang,
Neubauer Uwe,
ProbstCousin Stefan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
neuropathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1440-1789
pISSN - 0919-6544
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2008.00960.x
Subject(s) - optic neuritis , optic nerve , medicine , glioma , cranial nerve disease , pathology , ophthalmology , multiple sclerosis , cancer research , psychiatry
We report a case of optic neuritis with enlargement of the optic nerve on MRI. This neuroradiological finding is most commonly seen in tumours of the optic nerve and led together with an inconclusive intraoperative frozen section to an incorrect tentative diagnosis of optic nerve glioma which fatally resulted in the resection of the optic nerve.