[Compressive optic neuropathy related to an anterior clinoid mucocele]

S Arnavielle; C Vignal-Clermont; O Galatoire; P-V Jacomet; P Klap; H Boissonnet; O Berges; S Morax

doi:10.1016/j.jfo.2010.01.004

[Compressive optic neuropathy related to an anterior clinoid mucocele]

J Fr Ophtalmol. 2010 Mar;33(3):208.e1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jfo.2010.01.004. Epub 2010 Feb 24.

[Article in French]

Authors

S Arnavielle¹, C Vignal-Clermont, O Galatoire, P-V Jacomet, P Klap, H Boissonnet, O Berges, S Morax

Affiliation

¹ Service de chirurgie plastique et reconstructive ophtalmologique, Fondation ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris, France. sarnavielle@fo-rothschild.fr <sarnavielle@fo-rothschild.fr>

PMID: 20185207
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfo.2010.01.004

Abstract

Nasal sinus mucoceles are an uncommon cause of painful optic neuropathy. We report the case of a patient presenting an acute compressive optic neuropathy related to an anterior clinoid mucocele. The diagnosis was mainly made with CT and MRI, and the patient was treated with endoscopic endonasal transseptal surgery 10 days after the beginning of the disorder. Visual recovery was complete 3 days later. We review the literature on the etiologies of this type of pathology, the work-up, and the possible treatments.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Color Vision Defects / etiology
Endoscopy
Ethmoid Bone / pathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Mucocele / complications*
Mucocele / diagnosis
Mucocele / surgery
Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology*
Nerve Compression Syndromes / surgery
Optic Nerve*
Papilledema / etiology
Paranasal Sinus Diseases / complications*
Paranasal Sinus Diseases / surgery
Postoperative Complications
Recovery of Function
Sphenoid Bone / pathology*
Sphenoid Bone / surgery
Sphenoid Sinus / pathology*
Sphenoid Sinus / surgery