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Year : 2014 | Volume
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A rare case of bilateral optic nerve sheath meningioma
Somen Misra, Neeta Misra, Pratik Gogri, Rajen Mehta
Department of Ophthalmology, Rural Medical College of Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, Loni, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Somen Misra Department of Ophthalmology, Rural Medical College, Loni-413 736, Taluka Rahata, District Ahmednagar, Maharashtra India
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DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.136238
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A 60-year-old female presented with gradual, painless, progressive diminution of vision, and progressive proptosis of left eye since 7 years. Ophthalmological examination revealed mild proptosis and total optic atrophy in the left eye. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) brain with orbit showed bilateral optic nerve sheath meningioma (ONSM) involving the intracranial, intracanalicular, intraorbital part of the optic nerve extending up to optic chiasma and left cavernous sinus. |
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