Free-lying ectopic meningioma within the orbit.
Intraorbital ectopic meningiomas, which in most cases occur along the orbital wall, are rare. The authors report a 27-year-old woman who suffered from an intraorbital meningioma lying apart from the optic nerve and having no connection with the periorbita or any small nerves.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.
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D000328:Adult; D003399:Craniotomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*