Successful use of mitomycin C to prevent recurrence of the cystic component of an optic nerve sheath meningioma

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-236

  Dhoot, Dilsher S ^a   Shults, William T ^b   Ng, John D ^a,b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; MITOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; CYSTIC OPTIC NERVE SHEATH MENINGIOMA; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; ORBITOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CYST; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PERIMETRY; VISUAL DISORDER; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CYSTS; DRAINAGE; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MITOMYCIN; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; PERIMETRY; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 45549090233     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181706d39     Document Type: Article

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