J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1999 Mar;40(3):853-857.
A Case of Mucocele in Optic Canal
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea.
Abstract
- Intraorbital or intracranial mucoceles usually arise from paranasal sinus and enlaarge sufficiently to compress orbital or intracranial structures: primary intraorbitocranial mucocele developing from optic canal or anterior clinoid process is extrmely rare. We experienced a case of 48-year-old female patient presenting headache and diplopia with 5 days` duration, whose primary mucocele had arisen from anterior clinoid process near the optic canal unassociated with paranasal sinus. We report the case herein with a review of the literature.
