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Front Surg. 2020 Jun 23;7:35. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2020.00035. eCollection 2020.

The Retrochiasmal Optic Pathway: A Link in Jeopardy.

Frontiers in surgery

Manuel Campos, Allan J Drapkin

Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Clínica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
  2. Department of Surgery [Neurosurgery], Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ, United States.

PMID: 32656224 PMCID: PMC7324778 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2020.00035

Abstract

The case of an intraventricular meningioma is presented and the visual complication incurred by its surgical resection is discussed. The importance of selecting the most optimal surgical approach and the basis for that selection are highlighted.

Copyright © 2020 Campos and Drapkin.

Keywords: homonymous hemianopia; meningioma; optic radiations; retrochiasmal optic pathway; visual hallucinations

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