Multiple wedge-shaped retinal nerve fiber layer defects in a patient with optic nerve glioma in the contralateral eye: case report.

Abstract

This case report describes a young non-glaucomatous patient with neurofibromatosis and previous history of optic nerve glioma, which developed multiple wedge-shaped retinal nerve fiber layer defects close to a chorioretinal scar in the fellow eye. After discussing the different possible etiologies to the wedge-shaped defects, the disruption of the nerve fiber layer due to the chorioretinal lesion was considered the most plausible cause. However, further follow-up with visual field assessment, optic nerve head documentation and neuroimaging is mandatory in this case and may provide additional information to better understand it.

• Authors: Fernanda Pedreira Magalhães, Tiago Santos Prata, Verônica Castro Lima, Luiz Fernando Teixeira, Paulo Góis Manso
• Journal: Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia (Arq Bras Oftalmol) 2009 Jul-Aug Vol. 72 Issue 4 Pg. 556-9 ISSN: 1678-2925 [Electronic] Brazil
• PMID: 19820802 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Choroid Diseases (pathology)
• Cicatrix (pathology)
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Neurofibromatosis 1 (pathology)
• Optic Nerve Glioma (pathology)
• Retinal Diseases (pathology)
• Young Adult