ORBITAL AND INTRACRANIAL SPREAD FROM AN INTRAORBITAL NERVE NEURILEMOMA

Authors
WRIGHT MR MACLEAN H CULLEN JF LELLO G STATHAM PFX COLLIE D
Citation
Mr. Wright et al., ORBITAL AND INTRACRANIAL SPREAD FROM AN INTRAORBITAL NERVE NEURILEMOMA, Neuro-ophthalmology, 18(2), 1997, pp. 87-89
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuro-ophthalmology
ISSN journal
01658107 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
87 - 89
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-8107(1997)18:2<87:OAISFA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The authors report an 11-year-old boy who presented with intermittent diplopia which was secondary to the mechanical effects of a slowly gro wing neurilemmoma arising from the infraorbital nerve. The patient dev eloped an intracranial recurrence of the tumour which was subsequently completely excised.