Presumed bilateral optic nerve sheath meningiomas presenting as optic neuritis

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-57

  Sawaya, Raja A ^a   Sidani, Charif ^a   Farah, Nadim ^a   Hourani Risk, Roula ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; OPTIC NEURITIS; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISION, LOW;

EID: 40949103534     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e3181674331     Document Type: Article

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