Pigmented tumor and acute visual loss

Surv Ophthalmol. 1988 Sep-Oct;33(2):121-6. doi: 10.1016/0039-6257(88)90164-6.

Abstract

A 22-year-old man presents with a history of blurring of vision in his right eye. Ophthalmologic examination reveals a pigmented mass obscuring his optic disc. Two weeks later the patient experienced the apoplectic onset of visual loss to light perception. Discussions center around the presumed diagnosis of melanocytoma of the optic nerve.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Blindness / etiology*
  • Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / complications*
  • Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nevus, Pigmented / complications*
  • Nevus, Pigmented / diagnostic imaging
  • Nevus, Pigmented / pathology
  • Optic Disk*
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / complications*
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / pathology
  • Photography
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed