Managing menacing meningioma

The role of irradiation therapy in the management of meningiomas involving the anterior visual system is under active clinical investigation. This report documents the value of radiotherapy in a patient with a histologically verified psammomatous tuberculum sellar meningioma and presents a 15-year p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical neuro-ophthalmology 1983-09, Vol.3 (3), p.169-179
Hauptverfasser:	LAWTON SMITH, J, MCCRARY, J. A, RAY, B. S, VUKSANOVIC, M. M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Combined Modality Therapy Cranial Nerve Neoplasms - radiotherapy Humans Male Medical sciences Meningeal Neoplasms - radiotherapy Meningioma - radiotherapy Neoplasm Recurrence, Local Neurology Optic Nerve Diseases - radiotherapy Sella Turcica Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses Vision Disorders - etiology Visual Fields
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Zusammenfassung:	The role of irradiation therapy in the management of meningiomas involving the anterior visual system is under active clinical investigation. This report documents the value of radiotherapy in a patient with a histologically verified psammomatous tuberculum sellar meningioma and presents a 15-year postsurgical follow-up. The patient experienced a return of vision from 11/200 to 20/60 in his only seeing eye following 5,000 rads to the intracanicular and intracranial portions of right optic nerve. He is able to practice his profession 3 years following irradiation therapy. The classification of optic nerve involvement by meningioma is discussed.
ISSN:	0272-846X