1.Clinical Medical College, Guizhou Medical University
2.Shenzhen University General Hospital
3.Shenzhen Eye Hospital, Shenzhen Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Institute, Affiliated Shenzhen Eye Hospital of Jinan University
Keywords
intracranial arachnoid cyst
absence of the bone wall of the optic canal
optic atrophy
orbital wall erosion
visual field defect
ganglion cell
retinal nerve fiber layer
Abstract
Progressive visual impairment is more common in ametropia, primary open-angle glaucoma, cataract, hereditary and metabolic diseases of optic nerve and retina, and less common in orbital and intracranial masses. Intracranial arachnoid cysts are usually asymptomatic benign congenital lesions with a small number of visual impairments. The absence of the bone wall of the optic canal was seen in normal subjects with good gasification of the posterior ethmoid sinus and sphenoid sinus. In this case report we describe a 59-year-old man with a left temporal arachnoid cyst and a defect of the bone wall of the optic canal complained of left visual field defect and blurred vision for more than one year. The mechanism of visual dysfunction was analyzed by collecting the patient’s medical history, imaging data and the results of visual function examination.
(A)An arachnoid cyst in the left temporal pole is causing compression of the lateral orbital wall(black arrow). The left sphenoid sinus is well aerated, and the optic nerve canal passes through the sphenoid sinus cavity(white arrow). There is a slightly high signal intensity in the posterior part of the optic nerve on T2-weighted imaging(white arrowhead). (B) An arachnoid cyst in the left temporal pole is causing compression of the lateral orbital wall (black arrow).
(A) The arachnoid cyst in the left temporal pole is compressing the lateral orbital wall, causing partial absorption of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone. The superior orbital fissure is enlarged on the left side compared to the right(white arrow).(B)The left muscle cone at the orbital apex is compressed and narrowed(white arrow). The left sphenoid sinus is well aerated, and the optic nerve enters the sphenoid sinus cavity (white arrowhead).
1. 深圳市科技创新委员会课题基金 (GJHZ20190821113605296)。 This work was supported by the Shenzhen Science and
Technology Innovation Commission Project Fund.(GJHZ20190821113605296).
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