Visual loss in childhood.

Full 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.

Author information

Author/s: Liu, G T (GT);

Affiliation: Division of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Department of Neurology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

Journal: Survey of ophthalmology (Surv Ophthalmol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2001 Jul-Aug; vol 46 (issue 1) : pp 35-42

Dates: Created 2001/08/29; Completed 2001/10/11; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 11525788, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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