Malignant chiasmal glioma: a rare cause of rapid visual loss

✍ Scribed by José Manuel Valdueza; Loris Cristante; Jörg Freitag; Christian Hagel; Hans-Dietrich Herrmann

• Book ID: 104749058
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 459 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0344-5607
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00383880

✦ Synopsis

The clinical, neuroradiological, and histological findings of an adult patient suffering from malignant optic glioma is reported. Rapid visual deterioration was misdiagnosed for several months until biopsy confirmed the tumor. The patient died despite radiation therapy nine months after first symptoms. Our presentation will focus on the problems of diagnosing and establishing therapeutic procedures in this rare malignant neoplasm.