A case of idiopathic unilateral calcification of the optic nerve, chiasm and optic tract.

Abstract

Purpose We present a rare case of unilateral calcification of the optic nerve, half of the chiasm, and optic tract. Methods Observational case report. Results The patient has no traumatic history or metabolic disorders which we can associate with this disease. Complete blindness of the left eye noted from the age of 3. We detected nerve calcification at 36 after removing the tuberculum sellae meningioma. Conclusion Our clinical case isn’t a consequence of a meningioma since blindness developed. At this age, the appearance of meningiomas is extremely unlikely, which is confirmed by absence of sings of a tumor on neuroimaging from 2014.