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- Title
Optic chiasmal cavernous angioma: A rare suprasellar vascular malformation.
- Authors
Bahatheq, Ayman; Takroni, Radwan; Abou-Al-Shaar, Hussam; Al-Thubaiti, Ibrahim
- Abstract
Background: Suprasellar cavernous malformation in the optic pathway is not commonly encountered. To date, there are only few reports present in the literature. Case Description: The authors report a rare case of suprasellar optic pathway cavernous malformation in a 33-year-old female who presented with progressive visual loss. Her imaging revealed a large heterogeneous, hyperintense, hemorrhagic right suprasellar extra-axial complex cystic structure, causing mass effect on the adjacent hypothalamus and third ventricle displacing these structures. Gross total resection of the lesion was achieved utilizing a right frontal craniotomy approach. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of suprasellar chiasmal cavernous malformation. Conclusion: Although visual pathway cavernous malformation is a rare event, it should be included in the differential diagnosis of lesions occurring suprasellarly in the visual pathway and hypothalamus.
- Subjects
CAVERNOUS hemangioma; OPTIC chiasm; BRAIN blood-vessel abnormalities; HYPOTHALAMUS; VISUAL pathways; VASCULAR diseases; TUMORS
- Publication
Surgical Neurology International, 2016, Vol 7, pS523
- ISSN
2229-5097
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/2152-7806.187495