A new approach to an old problem.
A patient with progressive visual loss was found to have an optic nerve sheath meningioma. The patient was treated with stereotactic radiotherapy, a computer-guided stereotactic technique that minimizes the risk of radiation-induced optic neuropathy. Six months after treatment, the patient was doing well and showed no signs of radiation-induced optic neuropathy.
Fineman
M S
MS
Retina Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Augsburger
J J
JJ
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D019574:Optic Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D016634:Radiosurgery; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields