The most common tumour of the optic nerve sheath is the meningioma. The optimum treatment for this lesion is stereotactic or three-dimensional conformal fractionated radiation therapy, which ...

CHICAGO — While there is still no ideal treatment for optic nerve sheath meningioma, recent advances in radiation therapy have provided promising outcomes that bode well for management of these ...

Optic nerve sheath meningiomas are rare tumors that are traditionally treated with surgery, which is typically a blinding procedure. However, researchers have found that a specialized type of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Because optic sheath meningioma is a slowly progressing, benign ophthalmic tumor, careful ...

most commonly an optic nerve glioma or an optic nerve sheath meningioma. Optic nerve gliomas arise from astrocytes and form low-grade masses similar to pilocytic astrocytomas of the inferior fossa.

These findings were typical for primary optic nerve sheath meningioma, which accounts for 5–10% of all intraorbital masses. Since neurosurgical resection was contraindicated, photon-based ...

Researchers have for the first time identified stem cells in the region of the optic nerve, which transmits ... in the formation of the insulating sheath. The researchers were able to confirm ...

Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have found that a specialized type of radiation therapy offers the same local control in optic nerve sheath meningiomas and has fewer adverse ...