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Case Reports
. 1999 Nov;83(11):1306-7.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.83.11.1306a.

Optic canal mucocele from anterior clinoid pneumatisation

P I Chou, Y S Chang, S E Feldon, J T Chen
Case Reports

Optic canal mucocele from anterior clinoid pneumatisation

P I Chou et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1999 Nov.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1
T1 weighted MRI showed a bright lesion over the lateral wall of the left side optic canal with intracanalicular optic nerve compression (arrowhead). The right side anterior clinoid process is hyperpneumotised (arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
The CT scan with bone window demonstrated the complete removal of the roof and lateral wall of the left side optic canal (arrowhead).
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