title: Microsurgical removal of a primary intraorbital meningioma.
abstract: A 48-year-old woman with a primary intraorbital meningioma associated with the optic nerve sheath underwent a microsurgical removal of the tumor through a lateral orbitotomy. Visual recovery was essentially complete.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields