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A cavernous angioma of the right optic tract in a 35-year-old man is presented. The patient suffered from headaches and had a left homonymous visual field defect after subarachnoid haemorrhage and an intracerebral haematoma in the right temporomedial region, revealed by computed tomography (CT). Follow-up CT showed a small contrast-enhanced lesion in the right suprasellar and parasellar cistern. Angiography on three occasions did not reveal a vascular lesion. Magnetic resonance imaging was helpful both for diagnosis and planning surgical therapy. It showed typical signs of a cavernous angioma of the right optic tract; the diagnosis was confirmed by surgery and histological examination. This appears to be the first reported case of a cavernous angioma of the optic tract.
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Zentner, J., Grodd, W. & Hassler, W. Cavernous angioma of the optic tract. J Neurol 236, 117–119 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00314409
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