Primary intraorbital meningioma with intraocular extension

Mayo Clin Proc. 1977 Aug;52(8):504-8.

Abstract

Intraocular invasion of a meningioma primary in the sheath of the intraorbital portion of the optic nerve was noted in a 54-year-old woman with a 16-year history of visual loss. Seventeen additional cases of intraglobal extension of intraorbital meningioma were found in the literature. The clinical features and histopathologic findings of the total cases are compared and reviewed. We suggest that the mode of penetration is along the course of the posterior ciliary vessels as they penetrate the sclera.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blindness / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Meningioma / complications
  • Meningioma / diagnosis*
  • Meningioma / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Orbital Neoplasms / complications
  • Orbital Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Orbital Neoplasms / pathology