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

A G Lee; S Y Woo; N R Miller; A B Safran; W H Grant; E B Butler

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

J Neuroophthalmol. 1996 Dec;16(4):247-51.

Authors

A G Lee¹, S Y Woo, N R Miller, A B Safran, W H Grant, E B Butler

Affiliation

¹ Cullen Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

PMID: 8956159

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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

Substances

Contrast Media
Organometallic Compounds
Pentetic Acid
Gadolinium
Gadolinium DTPA