A Case of Orbital Meningioma.

Chae, Kyoo Won

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1979;20(4):579-583.
Published online April 1, 1979.

A Case of Orbital Meningioma.

Kyoo Won Chae

Dept. of Ophthalmology, Chonnam University Medical Shool, Kwangju, Korea.

안와뇌막종의 (眼窩腦膜腫) 1예

채규원 ( Kyu Won Chae )

Abstract

The author experienced a case of orbital meningioma, which originated in the right orbit of a 16-year-old Korean boy. At his first visit, loss of vision and proptosis in the right eye were complained. On ophthalmoloic examination the right eye had the visual acuity of zero, the limited eyeball movement to all directions, straight forward proptosis of 22 mm, and pale optic disc. The left eye was normal. Kronlein operation was performed because the tumor seemed to be localized within the right orbit without any evidence of intracranial extension. Histologic examination confirmed the lesion to be mixed type meningioma.