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- Title
Fusiform appearance of optic nerve sheath meningioma: Correlating clinical and imaging findings.
- Authors
Tsaousis, Konstantinos T.; Balatsoukas, Dimitrios
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 72 year old woman with proptosis in the left eye. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of the orbital cavities revealed a fusiform mass of 3.4 cm in the left orbit which pointed to the possibility of optic nerve sheath meningioma (ONSM). It informs that radiation therapy has been used to replace surgery for the management of ONSM in patients.
- Subjects
EXOPHTHALMOS; OPTIC nerve tumors; MENINGIOMA; MAGNETIC resonance imaging
- Publication
Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012, Vol 5, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
0974-620X
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/0974-620X.94776