| Title |
Medulloblastoma presenting as blindness of rapid evolution. A case report. |
| Creator |
Teixeira, F.; Penagos, P.; Lozano, D.; Lopez, M.; Romero, V.; Ortiz, A.; Salgado, P. |
| Affiliation |
Department of Experimental Neuropathology, National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Mexico City, Mexico. |
| Abstract |
An 18-year-old man reported rapid decrease of visual acuity that progressed to total blindness in 1 month. Computed tomographic scanning showed two neoplastic masses: a large one, intra- and suprasellar, and a smaller cerebellar nodule. Histologically, the former proved to be a large metastasis of the small cerebellar medulloblastoma, which infiltrated and compressed the chiasm. Direct compression of the optic pathways by metastasis of a medulloblastoma is a rare event. |
| Subject |
Adolescent; Blindness; Cerebellar Neoplams; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medulloblastoma; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Visual Acuity |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
| Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
226029 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p30463/226029 |
