Visual loss in childhood

Surv Ophthalmol. 2001 Jul-Aug;46(1):35-42. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6257(01)00225-9.

Abstract

An eight-year-old girl presented with vision loss and optic atrophy. Neuro-imaging revealed a sellar mass, which when biopsied proved to be a chiasmatic/hypothalamic glioma. The differential diagnosis of a sellar mass in childhood is discussed, and the presentation and management of chiasmatic/hypothalamic gliomas is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Glioma / complications
  • Glioma / diagnosis*
  • Glioma / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Hypothalamic Neoplasms / complications
  • Hypothalamic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Hypothalamic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Optic Atrophy / diagnosis
  • Optic Atrophy / etiology
  • Optic Chiasm / pathology*
  • Optic Nerve Neoplasms / complications
  • Optic Nerve Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Optic Nerve Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Vision Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Vision Disorders / etiology
  • Visual Acuity
  • Visual Field Tests
  • Visual Fields

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents