Table 1.
| Authors | Patient age/sex | Visual acuity | Optic disk | CT/MRI | Other findings | Treatment and outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nemati et al. 5 | 19 a /F | 20/400 | Atrophic | Right ON cyst extending from optic chiasm | Absence of sphenoid bone right wing | Surgical decompression with VA improvement |
| Wolter and McKenny 6 | 4 a /M | 20/30 | Normal | Left orbital cyst | ON glioma | NA |
| Holt 7 | Case 1: 33
a
/M Case 2: 55 a /F |
20/20 20/20 |
Normal Edema |
Right ON cystic lesion Left ON cystic lesion |
None None |
NA |
| Smith et al. 8 | 45 a /f | 20/20 | Normal | Left ON cyst | Empty sella syndrome | NA |
| Spencer 9 | 3 a /m | Not reported 4/200 |
Not reported Edema |
Orbital cyst | NF | NA |
| Miller and Green 10 | Case 1: 33
a
/F Case 2: 56 a /F |
20/100 | Atrophic | Right ON cyst Left ON cyst |
None Porencephalic cyst |
NA NA |
| Saari et al. 11 | 29 a /F Left | 20/15 | Normal | orbital cyst | None | NA |
| Hupp et al. 12 | 69 a /M | 20/50 | Edema | Right ON enlarged | Trauma | NA |
| Wojno et al. 13 | 43 a /M | 20/200 | Atrophic | Right/left ON enlarged | None | NA |
| Akor et al. 14 | Case 1: 44
a
/M Case 2: 59 a /M |
NLP 1 FTCF |
Not seen Atrophic |
Right ON cyst Left ON cyst |
None None |
Excision biopsy: With VA improvement Excision biopsy With VA improvement |
| Wijngaarde et al. 15 | 2 a /F | 5/15 on right Light perception on left | Not reported | Bilateral intraorbital arachnoid cysts | Coloboma of the ON ends | Surgical decompression of left eye and abstention for the right eye with vision stability |
| Shankar et al. 16 | 2 months/M | Incapacity to follow light | Thin rim of neural tissue surrounding optic disc | Bilateral intraorbital arachnoid cysts | Coloboma of optic disc | Abstention for the cyst and vision stimulation exercises for coloboma with VA improvement |
| Wegener et al. 17 | 9 a /F | 20/200 | Not reported | Left ON cyst extending from optic chiasm | NF1 | Decompression surgery without VA improvement |
| Moschos et al. 18 | 17 a /F | Not reported | Not reported | Left ON arachnoid cyst | None | Patient refused treatment and VA remained unchanged |
CT: computed tomography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; ON: optic nerve; VA: visual acuity; NA: not available; NF: neurofibromatosis; NLP: No light perception; FTCF: full to count fingers.
a
Years old.