Improvement in visual function in an eye with a presumed optic nerve sheath meningioma after treatment with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy.
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.
Lee
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Cullen Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Woo
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Miller
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Safran
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Grant
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Butler
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D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D005682:Gadolinium; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D009186:Myelin Sheath; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields
D003287:Contrast Media; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D005682:Gadolinium; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA