Microsurgical removal of a primary intraorbital meningioma

Am J Ophthalmol. 1978 Nov;86(5):704-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(78)90194-0.

Abstract

A 48-year-old woman with a primary intraorbital meningioma associated with the optic nerve sheath underwent a microsurgical removal of the tumor through a lateral orbitotomy. Visual recovery was essentially complete.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Meningioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Meningioma / pathology
  • Meningioma / surgery*
  • Microsurgery / instrumentation
  • Microsurgery / methods
  • Middle Aged
  • Orbital Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbital Neoplasms / pathology
  • Orbital Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Visual Acuity
  • Visual Fields