[Optic nerve sheath meningioma: diagnosis and new treatment options, a case study of monocular blindness during
R Berete1, C Vignal-Clermont, H Boissonnet
1Service d'Ophtalmologie, Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris.
Journal Francais D'Ophtalmologie
|August 4, 2006
Abstract:
Optic nerve sheath meningiomas are challenging lesions to manage. We report here a case of primary optic nerve sheath meningioma in a pregnant woman with sudden unilateral vision loss. Then we review the current literature on the subject, prognosis factors, and report the results of fractionated radiotherapy and current therapeutic guidelines. Pregnancy may accelerate growth of meningiomas and this diagnosis must be considered in all cases of optic neuropathy in pregnant woman.
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