A Case of Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma.

Ryu, Tag; Jung, Wha Sun

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1988;29(5):989-993.
Published online May 1, 1988.

A Case of Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma.

Tag Ryu, Wha Sun Jung

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea.

원발성시신경뇌막종 1 예

류탁(Tag Ryu),정화선(Wha Sun Jung)

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.