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...