Severe optic disc edema without hydrocephalus in neurofibromatosis 2

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 381-384

  Harada, Takayuki ^a,b   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Ohashi, Tsutomu ^a   Harada, Chikako ^a   Shinmei, Yasuhiro ^a   Yoshida, Kazuhiko ^a   Matsuda, Hidehiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic schwannoma; Neurofibromatosis 2; Optic atrophy; Papilledema

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; OPTIC ATROPHY; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; PAPILLEDEMA; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031764436     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(98)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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