| Print Date: | May 25, 2013, 12:01 am |
| Title | Orbital optic nerve meningioma |
| Text | Orbital meningiomas are designated as primary if they arise from the meninges of the intraorbital optic nerve and secondary if they extend into the orbit from an origin in the intracranial meninges. They are the second most common optic nerve tumor and are more common in women than men. They often occur or are detected at an earlier age than cranial meningiomas. Although they are benign, they may result in blindness from optic nerve compression.
Treatment options include resection and radiotherapy: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Display&dopt=pubmed_pubmed&from_uid=12738331 General information on orbital meningioma: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Display&dopt=pubmed_pubmed&from_uid=3177564 |
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| Contributor | MS-4 USU Teaching File (Uniformed Services University) |
| Author | Sydney S. Schochet Jr. MD |
| Peer Reviewer | James G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D. (Uniformed Services University) |
| Record Number | : 5151 |
| Created | 2003-09-24 18:41:00-04 |
| Modified | 2003-09-28 19:14:12-04 |
| Category: | Neoplasm, non-glial |
| Location: | Eye and Orbit (exclude Ophthalmology) |
| Sublocation: | Optic Nerve and Sheath |
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