Melanocytoma of the left optic nerve head and right retrobulbar optic neuropathy compressed by a tuberculum sellae meningioma

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-163

  Shinoda, Kazuo ^a   Hayasaka, Seiji ^a   Nagaki, Yasunori ^a   Kadoi, Chiharu ^a   Kurimoto, Masanori ^a   Okada, Eikichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Melanocytoma of the optic nerve head; Retrobulbar optic neuropathy; Tuberculum sellae meningioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOCYTOSIS; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROBULBAR OPTIC NEUROPATHY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0034126241     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027489     Document Type: Article

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