Free-lying ectopic meningioma within the orbit

Br J Neurosurg. 1997 Dec;11(6):560-3. doi: 10.1080/02688699745736.

Abstract

Intraorbital ectopic meningiomas, which in most cases occur along the orbital wall, are rare. The authors report a 27-year-old woman who suffered from an intraorbital meningioma lying apart from the optic nerve and having no connection with the periorbita or any small nerves.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Craniotomy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Meningioma / diagnosis
  • Meningioma / pathology
  • Meningioma / surgery*
  • Orbit / pathology
  • Orbit / surgery
  • Orbital Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Orbital Neoplasms / pathology
  • Orbital Neoplasms / surgery*