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Significant improvement of visual functions after removal of an intracranial giant optic nerve glioma revealing exophytic growth: case report.

Abstract：

OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Intracranial giant optic nerve gliomas, usually presumed as optic chiasmatic gliomas, are much less common. The architectural tumor form of optic nerve glioma without neurofibromatosis type 1 is usually the expansile-intraneural pattern. The exophytic optic nerve gliomas without neurofibromatosis type 1 are relatively uncommon. Surgical decompression for intracranial optic gliomas frequently leads to clinical improvement, but obvious improvement of vision is rare. We report a case that demonstrated significant recovery of visual function after removal of the intracranial giant optic nerve glioma, revealing exophytic growth. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 13-year-old boy presented with visual impairment in both eyes. Magnetic resonance images (MRI) disclosed a 6 cm diameter mass in the suprasellar area. On heavily T2-reversed MRIs, it was obvious that the intracranial portion of right optic nerve was enlarged, and optic tracts were shifted to the left by the tumor. The relationship of the tumor to the chiasma could not be affirmed on MRIs. INTERVENTION:A right frontotemporal craniotomy for decompression of the optic apparatus was performed. After the majority of the tumor was resected, it became clear that the tumor originated in the right optic nerve. The tumor exophytically grew and dislocated the optic chiasma and optic tracts. Significant improvement of visual functions began from the first week after surgery and continued gradually thereafter. The histological diagnosis was pilocytic astrocytoma. A follow-up MRI taken 4 years after surgery showed no regrowth of the residual tumor. CONCLUSION:Giant exophytic gliomas without neurofibromatosis type 1 may arise from the intracranial portion of an isolated optic nerve. Direct visualization of optic component by heavily T2-reversed MRI could more precisely delineate the relationship of the intracranial optic nerve glioma to the optic apparatus. Surgery may be indicated in giant exophytic intracranial optic nerve gliomas and preoperative postulated optic chiasmatic gliomas. Microsurgical resection can induce postoperative visual improvement without regrowth of the residual tumor.

journal_name

Neurosurgery

journal_title

Neurosurgery

authors

Tong Z,Wanibuchi M,Uede T,Tanabe S,Hashi K

doi

10.1227/01.NEU.0000204308.59999.60

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-04-01 00:00:00

pages

E792; discussion E792

issue

eissn

0148-396X

issn

1524-4040

pii

00006123-200604000-00027

journal_volume

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Significant improvement of visual functions after removal of an intracranial giant optic nerve glioma revealing exophytic growth: case report.