Optical coherence tomography angiography in optic nerve sheath meningioma

Gilda Cennamo, MD; Daniela Montorio, MD; Domenico Solari, MD; Luca D'Andrea, MD; Vincenzo Brescia Morra, MD; Fausto Tranfa, MD

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery (Sep 2019)

Optical coherence tomography angiography in optic nerve sheath meningioma

Gilda Cennamo, MD,
Daniela Montorio, MD,
Domenico Solari, MD,
Luca D'Andrea, MD,
Vincenzo Brescia Morra, MD,
Fausto Tranfa, MD

Affiliations

Gilda Cennamo, MD: Eye Clinic, Public Health Department, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; Corresponding author at: Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80133 Naples, Italy.
Daniela Montorio, MD: Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Domenico Solari, MD: Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Luca D'Andrea, MD: Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Vincenzo Brescia Morra, MD: Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Fausto Tranfa, MD: Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17
pp. 131 – 132

Abstract

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This study describes Spectral Domain-Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) features of Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma (ONSM).A 22-year-old woman, diagnosed with meningioma encircling the right optic nerve inside the intraorbital segment optic canal at the magnetic resonance imaging, showed a normal fundus examination.Instead, SD-OCT and OCTA revealed alterations in the neurostructure and microvascular network of the optic nerve.Despite fundoscopy and fluorescein angiography, SD-OCT and OCTA represent valid, non-invasive and reliable methods to evaluate neurostructural and vascular irregularities in this benign tumor of the optic nerve. Keywords: Optic nerve sheath meningioma, OCT angiography, SD-OCT

Published in Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery

ISSN: 2214-7519 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
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