Bilateral Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma with Intracanalicular and Intracranial Component in a 25-year-old Saudi Patient

Bilateral optic nerve sheath meningioma is rare. A meningioma is a benign neoplastic lesion from meningothelial cells of the meninges. They usually involve the intracanalicular portion of the optic nerve but may extend into the optic canal and through it to occupy the intracranial space. We present...

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Autores principales: Badr, Maha A., Elkhamary, Sahar M., Al Sabbagh, Samira, Al Turjoman, Abdulsalam
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21369471
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.51990
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author Badr, Maha A.
Elkhamary, Sahar M.
Al Sabbagh, Samira
Al Turjoman, Abdulsalam
author_facet Badr, Maha A.
Elkhamary, Sahar M.
Al Sabbagh, Samira
Al Turjoman, Abdulsalam
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description Bilateral optic nerve sheath meningioma is rare. A meningioma is a benign neoplastic lesion from meningothelial cells of the meninges. They usually involve the intracanalicular portion of the optic nerve but may extend into the optic canal and through it to occupy the intracranial space. We present a case of 25-year-old Saudi female with bilateral optic nerve sheath meningioma. The diagnosis was delayed more than six years from initial symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-30409192011-03-02 Bilateral Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma with Intracanalicular and Intracranial Component in a 25-year-old Saudi Patient Badr, Maha A. Elkhamary, Sahar M. Al Sabbagh, Samira Al Turjoman, Abdulsalam Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Case Report Bilateral optic nerve sheath meningioma is rare. A meningioma is a benign neoplastic lesion from meningothelial cells of the meninges. They usually involve the intracanalicular portion of the optic nerve but may extend into the optic canal and through it to occupy the intracranial space. We present a case of 25-year-old Saudi female with bilateral optic nerve sheath meningioma. The diagnosis was delayed more than six years from initial symptoms. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC3040919/ /pubmed/21369471 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.51990 Text en © Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Badr, Maha A.
Elkhamary, Sahar M.
Al Sabbagh, Samira
Al Turjoman, Abdulsalam
Bilateral Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma with Intracanalicular and Intracranial Component in a 25-year-old Saudi Patient
title Bilateral Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma with Intracanalicular and Intracranial Component in a 25-year-old Saudi Patient
title_full Bilateral Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma with Intracanalicular and Intracranial Component in a 25-year-old Saudi Patient
title_fullStr Bilateral Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma with Intracanalicular and Intracranial Component in a 25-year-old Saudi Patient
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma with Intracanalicular and Intracranial Component in a 25-year-old Saudi Patient
title_short Bilateral Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma with Intracanalicular and Intracranial Component in a 25-year-old Saudi Patient
title_sort bilateral optic nerve sheath meningioma with intracanalicular and intracranial component in a 25-year-old saudi patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21369471
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.51990
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