Optic Nerve Vascular Compression in a Patient with a Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma
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Optic Nerve Vascular Compression in a Patient with a Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma
Background. Optic nerve vascular compression in patients with suprasellar tumor is a known entity but is rarely described in the literature. Case Description. We present a unique, well-documented case of optic nerve strangulation by the A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery in a patient with a tuberculum sellae meningioma. The patient presented with pronounced progressive visual deteriorat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2090-6722,2090-6730
DOI: 10.1155/2015/681632