Title: CT and MRI findings of nontraumatic lesions in optic canal
Abstract: Objective: To explore the CT and MRI findings of nontraumatic lesions in optic canal.Methods: CT and MRI findings of 21 patients with nontraumatic lesions in the optic canal were analyzed.Results:Nontraumatic lesions in the optic canal were divided into three types: stenosis of optic canal,expansion of optic canal,bony destruction of optic canal.Diseases caused stenosis of optic canal,including fibrous dysplasia(n=12),osteoma(n=1).Albers schonberg disease(n=2),meningioma(n=2).Diseases caused expansion of optic canal,including vascular malformation(n=1).Diseases caused bony destruction of optic canal,including metastatic tumor(n=3).Conclusion: CT and MRI examinations play an important role in definiting the diagnosis of nontraumatic lesions in optic canal which causing its change.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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