Sarcoid-like disorder of the intracranial optic nerve.
PMID 199708 · Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 1977 · DOI 10.1136/jnnp.40.7.702
Authors: L Frisén; S Lindgren; B J MacGregor; S Stattin
Abstract
Two cases with a sarcoid-like disorder apparently restricted to the intracranial optic nerve and the adjacent dura mater are described, doublilng the number of reported cases. In both instances there were unilateral visual loss and unusual radiographic changes in the optic canal area. Biopsy samples showed localised infiltration of tissues with non-caseating tubercles containing epithelioid and multinucleated giant cells.
Aged; Diagnosis, Differential; Dura Mater; Granuloma; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Optic Nerve; Orbit; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases; Sarcoidosis
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L Frisén; S Lindgren; B J MacGregor; S Stattin. Sarcoid-like disorder of the intracranial optic nerve. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (1977). PMID 199708. DOI 10.1136/jnnp.40.7.702.