Compressive optic neuropathies- dDx

taken from Continuum, Walsh and Hoyt, and Frohman

primary tumors
glioma
ganglioglioma
capillary/cavernous hemangioma
melanocytoma

secondary tumors
metastatic carcinoma
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
leukemia
lymphoma

infectious/inflammatory
sarcoidosis
lupus
APL syndrome
paraneoplastic syndrome
Wegener's granulomatosis
GCA
PAN
IBD
Behcet's
Sjogren's
postvaccination
perioptic neuritis
Infectious (TB, syphilis, lyme)
Viral (HSV, HIV, CMV, EBV, Cox A, Hep A, Hep B, MMR, rubeola)
fungi (aspergillus, mucor, crypto, candida, histoplasmosis
parasites ( toxo, cysticercosis, toxicariasis)