Treatment of Recurrent Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma With a Secondary Course of Radiotherapy

Optic nerve sheath meningiomas (ONSM) are benign neoplasms found surrounding the optic nerve that can affect vision, and potentially lead to blindness. The use of radiotherapy has been advocated to improve visual outcomes and minimize the risk of complications. We present a case of a 58-year-old wom...

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Autores principales: Sharieff, Jibran A, Melson, Andrew, Algan, Ozer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Ophthalmology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8513540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34660125
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17935
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description Optic nerve sheath meningiomas (ONSM) are benign neoplasms found surrounding the optic nerve that can affect vision, and potentially lead to blindness. The use of radiotherapy has been advocated to improve visual outcomes and minimize the risk of complications. We present a case of a 58-year-old woman who was treated with a second course of radiotherapy 27-years after initial radiotherapy for recurrent ONSM. The patient responded well to the second course of radiotherapy with good clinical and visual outcomes. This case report supports evidence that treatment with radiotherapy can improve visual outcomes in patients with recurrent ONSM with mild to moderate re-irradiation-related side effects.
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spelling pubmed-85135402021-10-15 Treatment of Recurrent Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma With a Secondary Course of Radiotherapy Sharieff, Jibran A Melson, Andrew Algan, Ozer Cureus Ophthalmology Optic nerve sheath meningiomas (ONSM) are benign neoplasms found surrounding the optic nerve that can affect vision, and potentially lead to blindness. The use of radiotherapy has been advocated to improve visual outcomes and minimize the risk of complications. We present a case of a 58-year-old woman who was treated with a second course of radiotherapy 27-years after initial radiotherapy for recurrent ONSM. The patient responded well to the second course of radiotherapy with good clinical and visual outcomes. This case report supports evidence that treatment with radiotherapy can improve visual outcomes in patients with recurrent ONSM with mild to moderate re-irradiation-related side effects. Cureus 2021-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8513540/ /pubmed/34660125 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17935 Text en Copyright © 2021, Sharieff et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited.
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Sharieff, Jibran A
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Treatment of Recurrent Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma With a Secondary Course of Radiotherapy
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title_short Treatment of Recurrent Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma With a Secondary Course of Radiotherapy
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