Congenital Achiasma

Augustin Lecler; Arnaud Attye; Catherine Edelson

doi:10.1097/WNO.0000000000000650

Congenital Achiasma

J Neuroophthalmol. 2018 Sep;38(3):344-346. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000650.

Authors

Augustin Lecler¹, Arnaud Attye, Catherine Edelson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology (AL), Fondation Ophtalmologique Rothschild, Paris, France; Department of Neuroradiology (AA), CHU Grenoble, Paris, France; and Department of Ophthalmology (CE), Fondation Ophtalmologique Rothschild, Paris, France.

PMID: 29561327
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000650

Abstract

In evaluating a 3-month-old boy with horizontal nystagmus, brain MRI revealed absence of the optic chiasm. The remainder of the brain was normal in appearance. Achiasma was confirmed with diffusion tensor imaging and best visualized with optimized probabilistic-based tractography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant
Male
Optic Chiasm / abnormalities*
Optic Chiasm / diagnostic imaging
Optic Nerve Diseases / congenital*
Optic Nerve Diseases / diagnosis
Visual Acuity*