Septo-Opticdysplasia with an Anterior Encephalocele and Intact Septum Pellucidum: A Case Report
Iranian Journal of Child Neurology,
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2008),
20 October 2008
,
Page 57-60
https://doi.org/10.22037/ijcn.v2i3.289
Abstract
Objective
The diagnosis of de Morsier syndrome or septo-optic dysplasia is made on the basis of the diagnosis of optic nerve hypoplasia. Septo-optic dysplasia is defined by a variable combination of dysgenesis of midline brain structures including optic nerve hypoplasia and hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction often associated with a wide variety of brain malformations of cortical development.
The importance of direct ophthalmoscopy of optic nerve abnormalities is stressed, as well as of magnetic resonance imaging, which has become a guideline in the classification of this syndrome This article reports a 19-year-old female with bilateral optic nerve hypoplasia,anterior encephalocele and intact septum pellucidum. She was diagnosed with diabetes insipidus, short stature and the history of seizure.
- De morsier syndrome
- Septo-optic dysplasia
- Encephalocele
- Short stature
- Optic nerve hypoplasia
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