Fortuitously Discovered Optic Nerve Tumor: A Case Report
Bajjouk Salma *
Cheikh Khalifa International University Hospital, Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences, Casablanca, Morocco.
Bouchaar Mounia
Cheikh Khalifa International University Hospital, Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences, Casablanca, Morocco.
Elasri Fouad
Mohammed V Military Instruction Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Reda Karim
Mohammed V Military Instruction Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Brarou Houda
Mohammed V Military Instruction Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Oubaaz Abdelbarre
Mohammed V Military Instruction Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Papillary melanocytoma is a pigmented tumor of the optic nerve, benign, rare, and often asymptomatic. We report the case of a 28-year-old man, who presents a unilateral papillary melanocytoma, discovered fortuitously, during an ophthalmological consultation for optical correction. We performed an ocular ultrasound confirmed the diagnosis, and magnetic resonance imaging did not reveal any retrobulbar extension. Our patient was monitored for 24 months, without evolution of his tumor.
Keywords: Melanocytoma, Optic nerve, a benign tumor, malignant transformation, optical coherence tomography, B-scan ultrasonography.