Funduscopic appearance of papilledema with optic tract atrophy.
Arch Ophthalmol
; 94(3): 467-8, 1976 Mar.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1267930
ABSTRACT
In a child with a hypothalamic glioma, elevated intracranial pressure and retrograde optic tract atrophy produced distinctive patterns of papilledema and disc pallor in each eye. On the side of the tract lesion, the disc was swollen nasally and was pale temporally. In the contralateral fundus, the swollen optic disc was bisected horizontally by a pale atrophic band. These funduscopic signs exemplify a rare instance in neuro-ophthalmologic diagnosis wherein specific lateralizing and localizing information can be deduced solely from the appearance of papilledema.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Brain Neoplasms
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Optic Atrophy
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Papilledema
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Fundus Oculi
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Glioma
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Hypothalamus
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Arch Ophthalmol
Year:
1976
Document type:
Article