Jonathan G F Smith, Caroline P Smith, Philip Weir, Brendan C Hanna
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This case reports the outcome of endoscopic optic nerve decompression in a rare case of idiopathic pachymeningitis in a patient solely reliant on the affected eye. A 70 year old man with complete blindness in his left eye presented with deterioration of vision in his right eye. An MRI head and orbits was suggestive of idiopathic pachymeningitis extending into the right orbital apex, causing a compressive optic neuropathy. He subsequently underwent endoscopic optic nerve compression. Visual acuity and colour vision were measured pre-operatively, and at 6 weeks and one year post operatively. Pre-operative visual acuity was measured at 6/9, compared to 6/9 at 6 weeks post operatively and 6/60 at one year. Colour vision was measured at 0/17 pre-operatively and did not improve post-. We report a rare case of optic neuropathy secondary to pachymeningitis, in which endoscopic nerve decompression did not offer the expected benefit of halting visual deterioration.
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Neurochirurgie publishes articles on treatment, teaching and research, neurosurgery training and the professional aspects of our discipline, and also the history and progress of neurosurgery. It focuses on pathologies of the head, spine and central and peripheral nervous systems and their vascularization. All aspects of the specialty are dealt with: trauma, tumor, degenerative disease, infection, vascular pathology, and radiosurgery, and pediatrics. Transversal studies are also welcome: neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurology, neuropediatrics, psychiatry, neuropsychology, physical medicine and neurologic rehabilitation, neuro-anesthesia, neurologic intensive care, neuroradiology, functional exploration, neuropathology, neuro-ophthalmology, otoneurology, maxillofacial surgery, neuro-endocrinology and spine surgery. Technical and methodological aspects are also taken onboard: diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, methods for assessing results, epidemiology, surgical, interventional and radiological techniques, simulations and pathophysiological hypotheses, and educational tools. The editorial board may refuse submissions that fail to meet the journal''s aims and scope; such studies will not be peer-reviewed, and the editor in chief will promptly inform the corresponding author, so as not to delay submission to a more suitable journal.
With a view to attracting an international audience of both readers and writers, Neurochirurgie especially welcomes articles in English, and gives priority to original studies. Other kinds of article - reviews, case reports, technical notes and meta-analyses - are equally published.
Every year, a special edition is dedicated to the topic selected by the French Society of Neurosurgery for its annual report.
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