CLINICAL IMAGAGINGAN ATLAS OF DIFFERENTIAL DAIGNOSISEISENBERG

1. 28Thickening of the Optic
Nerve

2. CLINICAL IMAGAGING
AN ATLAS OF DIFFERENTIAL DAIGNOSIS
EISENBERG
DR. Muhammad Bin Zulfiqar
PGR-FCPS III SIMS/SHL

3. • Fig SK 28-1 Optic nerve glioma. (A) Sagittal
and (B) coronal T1-weighted MR scans show
involvement of the chiasm and left optic
nerve.

4. • Fig SK 28-2 Optic nerve glioma. Diffuse
enlargement of the left optic nerve (arrows) in an
8-year-old girl.1

5. • Fig SK 28-3 Optic nerve sheath meningioma.
(A) Axial scan shows the enhancing tumor
(white arrows) along the entire length of the
intraorbital optic nerve (black arrows). Note
the intracranial portion of the tumor. (B)
Coronal scan demonstrates the meningioma
(white arrows) surrounding the optic nerve.1

6. • Fig SK 28-4 Cyst of optic nerve sheath. Large,
smoothly marginated retrobulbar mass (arrows)
that produced proptosis in this 43-year-old man.1

7. • Fig SK 28-5 Optic neuritis. (A) Axial fat-suppressed and
(B) coronal postcontrast T1-weighted images show a
swollen and enhancing left optic nerve (arrows)
secondary to multiple sclerosis.6