Optic neuropathy secondary to eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis

J Neuroophthalmol. 2015 Mar;35(1):45-7. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000175.

Abstract

Eosinophilic angiocentric fibrosis (EAF) is a rare fibroinflammatory disorder with a predilection for upper respiratory tract submucosa. We report a 45-year-old man with progressive unilateral visual loss secondary to a retroorbital soft tissue mass with histological features consistent with EAF. The patient experienced marked improvement in vision after endoscopic optic nerve decompression through sphenoethmoidectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Disease Progression
  • Fibrosis
  • Granuloma, Respiratory Tract / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Optic Nerve Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed