Improvement in visual function in an eye with a presumed optic nerve sheath meningioma after treatment with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy.

Abstract

The treatment of optic nerve sheath meningiomas (ONSM) is controversial. Radiation therapy has been used with some success in patients with progressive visual loss. We report a case of visual improvement in a patient with an optic nerve sheath meningioma and progressive visual field loss, treated with conformal radiotherapy.

• Authors: A G Lee, S Y Woo, N R Miller, A B Safran, W H Grant, E B Butler
• Journal: Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (J Neuroophthalmol) Vol. 16 Issue 4 Pg. 247-51 (Dec 1996) ISSN: 1070-8022 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8956159 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Contrast Media
• Organometallic Compounds
• Pentetic Acid
• Gadolinium
• Gadolinium DTPA

Topics

• Adult
• Contrast Media
• Cranial Nerve Neoplasms (physiopathology, radiotherapy)
• Female
• Gadolinium
• Gadolinium DTPA
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Meningeal Neoplasms (physiopathology, radiotherapy)
• Meningioma (physiopathology, radiotherapy)
• Myelin Sheath
• Optic Nerve (physiopathology, radiation effects)
• Organometallic Compounds
• Pentetic Acid (analogs & derivatives)
• Vision Disorders (physiopathology)
• Visual Acuity (physiology)
• Visual Field Tests
• Visual Fields