Bilateral compressive optic neuropathy secondary to tuberculum sella meningioma in pregnancy

A 37-year-old primigravida in her second trimester presented with bilateral painless progressive visual loss. Her vision was hand motion in both eyes. Both pupils were dilated with sluggish reaction to light. Both fundus appeared myopic with bilateral optic atrophy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...

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Main Authors: Ainal Adlin N, Mushawiahti Mustapha, Amin Ahem, Safinaz Mohd Khialdin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre 2016
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10241/
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author Ainal Adlin N,
Mushawiahti Mustapha,
Amin Ahem,
Safinaz Mohd Khialdin,
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description A 37-year-old primigravida in her second trimester presented with bilateral painless progressive visual loss. Her vision was hand motion in both eyes. Both pupils were dilated with sluggish reaction to light. Both fundus appeared myopic with bilateral optic atrophy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain revealed a suprasellar mass with optic chiasm compression and bilateral optic nerve atrophy. As the mass has compromised her vision, a semi-emergency craniotomy and excision of tumour was performed. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of low grade meningothelial meningioma. Both mother and foetus were well after the surgery. However, post-operatively her vision remained poor due to optic nerve atrophy.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:102412017-03-29T08:55:17Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10241/ Bilateral compressive optic neuropathy secondary to tuberculum sella meningioma in pregnancy Ainal Adlin N, Mushawiahti Mustapha, Amin Ahem, Safinaz Mohd Khialdin, A 37-year-old primigravida in her second trimester presented with bilateral painless progressive visual loss. Her vision was hand motion in both eyes. Both pupils were dilated with sluggish reaction to light. Both fundus appeared myopic with bilateral optic atrophy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain revealed a suprasellar mass with optic chiasm compression and bilateral optic nerve atrophy. As the mass has compromised her vision, a semi-emergency craniotomy and excision of tumour was performed. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of low grade meningothelial meningioma. Both mother and foetus were well after the surgery. However, post-operatively her vision remained poor due to optic nerve atrophy. Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10241/1/8._ainal_adlin_et_al..pdf Ainal Adlin N, and Mushawiahti Mustapha, and Amin Ahem, and Safinaz Mohd Khialdin, (2016) Bilateral compressive optic neuropathy secondary to tuberculum sella meningioma in pregnancy. Journal of Surgical Academia, 6 (2). pp. 33-36. ISSN 2231-7481 http://jsurgacad.com/toc
spellingShingle Ainal Adlin N,
Mushawiahti Mustapha,
Amin Ahem,
Safinaz Mohd Khialdin,
Bilateral compressive optic neuropathy secondary to tuberculum sella meningioma in pregnancy
title Bilateral compressive optic neuropathy secondary to tuberculum sella meningioma in pregnancy
title_full Bilateral compressive optic neuropathy secondary to tuberculum sella meningioma in pregnancy
title_fullStr Bilateral compressive optic neuropathy secondary to tuberculum sella meningioma in pregnancy
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral compressive optic neuropathy secondary to tuberculum sella meningioma in pregnancy
title_short Bilateral compressive optic neuropathy secondary to tuberculum sella meningioma in pregnancy
title_sort bilateral compressive optic neuropathy secondary to tuberculum sella meningioma in pregnancy
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10241/
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