Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (Jan 2012)
A sphenoid sinus mucocele simulating as retro bulbar optic neuritis
- Anoop Kishore Gupta,
- Vimla Menon,
- Pradeep Sharma,
- Rohit Saxena,
- Senthil Kumaran
Affiliations
- Anoop Kishore Gupta
- Vimla Menon
- Pradeep Sharma
- Rohit Saxena
- Senthil Kumaran
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.95876
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 60,
no. 3
pp. 216 – 218
Abstract
A 25-year-old male presented with complaints of sudden diminution of vision with pain on eye movement in the left eye which was diagnosed clinically as retro bulbar optic neuritis. However, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed lesion consistent with sphenoid sinus mucocele. Early surgical removal of mucocele led to complete recovery of vision, contrast and visual field. A high index of suspicion is necessary for intracranial lesions in all cases of retro bulbar neuritis, especially those with atypical symptoms.
Keywords
- Plateau iris
- primary angle closure glaucoma
- prevalence
- Enucleation
- India
- indications
- trends
- Closure glaucoma
- primary angle
- scanning electron microscopy
- trabecular
- Apoptosis
- caspase-3/7
- cigarette smoke toxicant
- hydroquinone
- Blepharophimosis
- cosmetic
- functional
- single stage
- Refractive error
- rural area
- school children
- use of spectacles
- Bietti′s crystalline dystrophy
- choroidal neovascular membrane
- ranibizumab
- Blepharoptosis
- epidermal cyst
- excision
- eyelid
- AcrySof SN60T9
- cataract
- phacoemulsification
- post-keratoplasty astigmatism
- toric intraocular lens
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- optic neuritis
- sphenoid sinus mucocele
- visual evoked response
