Rhinogenic optic neuropathy with hemianopia caused by ethmoidal sinus mucocele

Kosuke Oka; Wataru Ando; Hideharu Hagiya; Takaya Higaki; Fumio Otsuka

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6696

Clinical Case Reports (Dec 2022)

Rhinogenic optic neuropathy with hemianopia caused by ethmoidal sinus mucocele

Kosuke Oka,
Wataru Ando,
Hideharu Hagiya,
Takaya Higaki,
Fumio Otsuka

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Kosuke Oka: Department of General Medicine Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan
Wataru Ando: Okayama University Medical School Okayama Japan
Hideharu Hagiya: Department of General Medicine Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan
Takaya Higaki: Department of Otolaryngology‐Head & Neck Surgery Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan
Fumio Otsuka: Department of General Medicine Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6696
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 12
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract A patient complained of acute right vision loss and headache. A computed tomography scan revealed ethmoidal sinus mucocele in the right ethmoid sinus that was compressing the optic nerve and emergency endoscopic sinus surgery was performed.

rhinogenic optic neuropathy

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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