Optic nerve enlargement

Last revised by Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod on 23 Dec 2023

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Citation:

Gaillard F, Ranchod A, Fortin F, et al. Optic nerve enlargement. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 18 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-6668

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-6668

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/6668?iframe=true

rID:

6668

Article created:

4 Aug 2009, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Frank Gaillard had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

23 Dec 2023, Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Revisions:

8 times, by 7 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Central Nervous System, Head & Neck, Oncology

Sections:

Gamuts

Tags:

oncology, refs, case labels

Synonyms:

Enlargement of optic nerves
Optic nerve swelling
Swelling of the optic nerve

Enlargement of the optic nerves is uncommon. Swelling of the optic nerves has a surprisingly broad differential.

Etiology

neoplastic
- optic nerve glioma
- optic nerve meningioma
- leukemia
- orbital lymphoma
- metastases
- juvenile xanthogranuloma
- medulloepithelioma
- involvement by retinoblastoma
- cyst of optic nerve sheath
non-malignant infiltrative disease
- Erdheim-Chester disease
metabolic anomalies
- Krabbe disease ³
- metachromatic leukodystrophy ³
inflammatory
vascular lesion
- perioptic hemorrhage
- central retinal vein occlusion
- aneurysm of ophthalmic artery
- hemangioma
- varix
- venous occlusion
others

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