A Case of Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma.
- Author:
Tag RYU
1
;
Wha Sun JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Child, Preschool;
Exophthalmos;
Female;
Frozen Sections;
Humans;
Intraocular Pressure;
Meningioma*;
Necrosis;
Optic Nerve*;
Orbit;
Recurrence
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1988;29(5):989-993
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Proptosis of the left eye had developed in a 3-year old girl for 6 months duration. Computed tomogram studies showed a large mass in the retrobulbar space. A frozen section confirmed the presence of meningioma. To the author's knowledge, the patient was the youngest reported patient who has the primary orbital meningioma. We performed en bloc excision of the optic nerve and the tumor mass without enucleation. The patient showed no evidence of the anterior segment necrosis or increased intraocular pressure postoperatively. She had satisfactory cosmetic appearance without recurrence of the tmnor after 8 month.
