Progressive peritumoral edema defining the optic fibers and resulting in reversible visual loss: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 313-317

  Baggenstos, Martin ^a   Chew, Emily ^b   Butman, John A ^c   Oldfield, Edward H ^a   Lonser, Russell R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Edema; Hemangioblastoma; Optic nerve; Tumor; Von Hippel Lindau disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; COLOR VISION; CONVALESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; VISUAL DISORDER;

BRAIN EDEMA; COLOR PERCEPTION; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETINA; VISION, LOW; VON HIPPEL-LINDAU DISEASE;

EID: 51449115442     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/109/8/0313     Document Type: Article

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