Cystic Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma

A 58-year-old woman with a 35-year history of left proptosis underwent neuroimaging that revealed a large cystic lesion. Surgery revealed an optic nerve sheath meningioma associated with cyst formation. The cyst was part of the tumor, a phenomenon that is well described in intracranial meningiomas b...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of neuro-ophthalmology 2006-06, Vol.26 (2), p.121-122
Hauptverfasser:	Rosca, Tatiana I, Carstocea, Benone D, Vlãdescu, Teodora Gh, Tihoan, Cecilia St, Gherghescu, Gheorghe-Gabriel Gh
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Diagnosis, Differential Exophthalmos - diagnosis Exophthalmos - etiology Female Humans Medical sciences Meningioma - complications Meningioma - diagnosis Meningioma - surgery Middle Aged Nerve Sheath Neoplasms - complications Nerve Sheath Neoplasms - diagnosis Nerve Sheath Neoplasms - surgery Neurology Ophthalmology Optic Nerve Neoplasms - complications Optic Nerve Neoplasms - diagnosis Optic Nerve Neoplasms - surgery Retinopathies Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses
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Zusammenfassung:	A 58-year-old woman with a 35-year history of left proptosis underwent neuroimaging that revealed a large cystic lesion. Surgery revealed an optic nerve sheath meningioma associated with cyst formation. The cyst was part of the tumor, a phenomenon that is well described in intracranial meningiomas but not in optic nerve sheath meningiomas.
ISSN:	1070-8022 1536-5166
DOI:	10.1097/01.wno.0000223269.94189.bd