Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jeremic, Branislav (Editor), Pitz, Susanne (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Medical Radiology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Radiotherapy.; Ophthalmology.; Pathology.; Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.

Optic nerve sheath meningioma (ONSM) is a rare tumour. Cases are usually separated into primary ONSM, which arises either intraorbitally or, less commonly, intracanalicularly, and secondary ONSM, which arises intracranially and subsequently invades the optic canal and orbit. This is the first book t...

Table of Contents:

• Overall Introduction, Problem Definition, Incidence
• Clinical Presentation
• Clinical Evaluation of Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma
• Imaging Diagnosis of the Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma
• Histology and Molecular Genetics
• Surgery in Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma
• Conventional Radiation Therapy in Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma
• 3D Conformal RT
• Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy for Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma
• Stereotactic Radiation Therapy in Primary Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma.