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Published on: August 18, 2023
Optic nerve cyst-like formation presenting as a delayed complication of optic nerve sheath fenestration
Syeda Maryam Ahmed Naqvi1, Chris Thiagarajah, Karl Golnik
1*Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio; †Department of Ophthalmology, Georgetown Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia; ‡The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; §Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, Manhattan, New York; ‖Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; ¶UTMB Galveston, Texas; and #Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Abstract:
Two patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension underwent optic nerve sheath fenestration. One patient developed decreased vision and choroidal folds 1 month postoperatively. The other patient developed proptosis and pain 9 months postoperatively. Neuroimaging showed a cyst-like structure adjacent to the optic nerve in each patient. In each case, symptoms and signs resolved after surgical excision of the structure.
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