Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society
Year 2022, Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages 43-46
http://doi.org/10.26715/jbms.34_3_7Hasan E1*, Bushager F2
1Ophthalmology Department, Salmaniya Medical Complex.
2Ophthalmology Department, Salmaniya Medical Complex.
*Corresponding author: Dr. Hasan E, Ophthalmology Department, Salmaniya Medical Complex; Email: dr_hassan9988@hotmail. com
Received date: May 04, 2021; Accepted date: December 26, 2021; Published date: September 30, 2022
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Abstract
Spheno-orbital meningiomas are benign tumors. They arise intracranially from the sphenoid ridge arachnoid villi cap cells, extending into the orbit. Herein, the authors report a case of a 50-year-old female who presented to Ophthalmology department with a complaint of right eye proptosis. Magnetic resonance imaging and biopsy showed a right sphenoid-orbital meningioma. The tumor was excised and the patient symptomatically improved. Patient had gross tumor reduction for right sphenoidal orbital extra-axial brain tumor with hyperostosis of the lateral wall of the orbit and sphenoidal ridge.
Key words: Arachnoid, Brain neoplasms, Exophthalmos, Hyperostosis, Meningioma, Magnetic resonance imaging