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Case Reports
. 2020 Apr 25:18:100720.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100720. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Suprasellar arachnoid cyst causing reversible junctional scotoma

Haoxing D Jin  1 , James C O'Brien  1 , R Michael Siatkowski  1
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Case Reports

Suprasellar arachnoid cyst causing reversible junctional scotoma

Haoxing D Jin et al. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Arachnoid cyst; Junctional scotoma; Reversible.

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The authors have no financial disclosure.

Figures

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Temporal optic disc pallor of the right and left eye, respectively.
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Humphrey visual fields (24-2) at initial visit demonstrate a left junctional scotoma.
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Magnetic resonance images show suprasellar arachnoid cyst compressing left posterior optic nerve and left anterior optic chiasm.
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Humphrey visual fields (24-2) show near-complete resolution of junctional scotoma two months after fenestration of the arachnoid cyst.
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