Intraocular extension of optic nerve meningioma in a case of neurofibromatosis.
A case of intraocular extension of primary optic nerve meningioma occurred in a 13-year-old girl with neurofibromatosis. An anomalous disc in the involved blind eye was diagnosed as optic nerve glioma at 2 1/2 years of age. The aggressive nature of meningiomas in the young and the long time period involved account for this rare occurrence of direct intraocular extension.
D000293:Adolescent; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000473:pathology*