Sarcoid-like disorder of the intracranial optic nerve.

• Two cases with a sarcoid-like disorder apparently restricted to the intracranial optic nerve and the adjacent dura mater are described, doublilng the number of reported cases. In both instances there were unilateral visual loss and unusual radiographic changes in the optic canal area. Biopsy samples showed localised infiltration of tissues with non-caseating tubercles containing epithelioid and multinucleated giant cells.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Neurologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Neurology (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Oftalmologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Ophthalmology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Aged

Diagnosis

Differential

Dura Mater

pathology

Granuloma

pathology

Humans

Male

Middle Aged

Optic Nerve

pathology

Orbit

pathology

Peripheral Nervous System Diseases

diagnosis

pathology

Sarcoidosis

diagnosis

pathology

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)