J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1988 Oct;29(5):989-993.
A Case of Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea.
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.
