Optic nerve sheath meningocele

Optic nerve sheath meningocele

A 53-year-old man presented with a 5-month history of visual loss in his left eye. Visual acuity could be corrected to 20/20 with an increased hyperopic correction. Dilated funduscopy showed faint choroidal folds and elevation of the left optic disc. The coronal view of T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a fluid-filled dilated sheath surrounding normal optic nerves. General phy...

Effect of scuba-diving on optic nerve and sheath diameters

  Background :There is not any data available about the effect of high bar pressure condition on intracranial pressure. In this study, the effect of diving on the optic nerve and sheath diameters as non-invasive markers of intracranial pressure has been investigated.   Methods : Twenty professional male divers from twenty one volunteers were chosen for this cross-sectional study. Only one perso...

Primary optic nerve sheath meningioma.

Fifty patients with optic nerve sheath meningiomas have been reviewed with a follow-up of up to 15 years. The median age at onset of their symptoms was 40.0 years. The majority were middle aged females with a slowly progressive lesion. More aggressive lesions were encountered in a younger, predominantly male group of patients with frequent intracranial involvement. Our experience indicates that...

Optic Nerve Sheath in Rats

Fuciis.-Textbook of Ophthalmology (Duane). 1923. Arch. f. Ophrhal., Bd. LXXXVI, S. 155. GILBERT.-Arch. f. Augenheilk., Vol. LXXXVIII, S. 143, 1921. TREACHER COLLINs.-Roy. Lond. Ophthal. Hosp. Reps., Vols. I-XII, p. 273. COLLINS and MAYOU.-Pathology of the Eye, p. 18. PARSONS.-Pathology of the Eye. Vol. I Part I, p. 322, MORAX.-Bull. de la Soc. Fran9. d'Ophtal., Vol. XLIV, p. 365, 1931. HOUWER.-...

Optic nerve ischemia: optic nerve sheath decompression alone or with optic nerve decompression.