Optic nerve cyst associated with optic disk pits

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2005 Jul;243(7):718-20. doi: 10.1007/s00417-004-1007-7. Epub 2005 Feb 2.

Abstract

Purpose: To report a case with two optic disk pits which were associated with an optic nerve cyst in the same eye.

Methods: Observational case report.

Results: A 47-year-old patient noted visual impairment in the right eye. On examination the best corrected visual acuity in the right eye was 20/80 and in the left eye was 20/20. Biomicroscopy revealed, in the right eye, a very pale optic disk with two optic disk pits without macular elevation. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a well circumscribed 6 x 6-mm(2) round cystic lesion within the right optic nerve sheath adjacent to the temporal aspect of the right optic nerve at its retrobulbar segment, which compressed and displaced the nerve.

Conclusions: In the case of an extremely pale optic disk with congenital pits and visual impairment without macular detachment, radiological examination is indicated in order to exclude the possibility of coexisting optic nerve anomalies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blood Flow Velocity
  • Cysts / complications*
  • Cysts / diagnosis
  • Cysts / physiopathology
  • Eye Abnormalities / complications*
  • Eye Abnormalities / diagnosis
  • Eye Abnormalities / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laser-Doppler Flowmetry
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Optic Disk / abnormalities*
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / complications*
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / diagnosis
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / physiopathology
  • Regional Blood Flow
  • Retinal Vessels / physiology
  • Visual Acuity