Compressive optic neuropathy caused by renal osteodystrophy. Case report.

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Publication Type Journal Article
School or College School of Medicine
Department Ophthalmology; Neurosurgery; Neurology
Creator Digre, Kathleen B.; Schmidt, Richard H.; Osborne, Anne G.; Patel, Bhupendra C.; Pratt, David; Rietz, Lisa A.
Title Compressive optic neuropathy caused by renal osteodystrophy. Case report.
Date 2001-10
Description Compressive optic neuropathy with acute or chronic vision loss has been associated with various skull base tumors, aneurysms, Graves disease, trauma, and, less commonly, fibrous dysplasia and osteopetrosis. The Author's present a case of acute visual deterioration in a 25-year-old woman who had massive calvarial hypertrophy with optic canal stenosis secondary to renal osteodystrophy (uremic leontiasis ossea [ULO]: bighead disease). Significant visual field restoration was achieved with high-dose corticosteroids followed by optic nerve decompression. This is the first case report of cranial neuropathy associated with ULO.
Type Text
Publisher American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)
Volume 95
Issue 4
First Page 704
Last Page 709
Subject Optic Neuropathy; Optic Nerve Decompression; Renal Osteodystrophy
Subject MESH Decompression, Surgical; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Visual Fields; Methylprednisolone; Optic Nerve Diseases; Renal Osteodystrophy
Language eng
Bibliographic Citation Schmidt RH, Rietz LA, Patel BC, Osborne AG, Pratt D, Digre KB. Compressive optic neuropathy caused by renal osteodystrophy. Case report. J Neurosurg. 2001 Oct;95(4):704-9. Retrieve on December 18,2006 from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?orig_db=PubMed&db=PubMed&cmd=Search&term=95%5Bvolume%5D+AND+704%5Bpage%5D+AND+2001%5Bpdat%5D+AND+digre%5Bauthor%5D
Rights Management Copyright ??? American Association of Neurological Surgeons, J Neurosurg 95: 704-709, 2001
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