What is it about?
The optic chiasm and optic nerve can move in the intracranial space due to tumor compression. However, the optic nerve is fixed when it enters the optic canal. Suprasellar tumors can cause bending of the optic nerve at the entrance of the optic canal. It can cause ipsilateral visual acuity loss.
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Why is it important?
Until now, only chiasmatic syndrome has been known as the mechanism by which sellar and suprasellar lesions cause visual dysfunction. In particular, it was not completely understood how the visual acuity deteriorated.
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This page is a summary of: Sagittal bending of the optic nerve at the entrance from the intracranial to the optic canal and ipsilateral visual acuity in patients with sellar and suprasellar lesions, Journal of Neurosurgery, January 2021, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG),
DOI: 10.3171/2019.9.jns191365.
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