Pediatric primary optic nerve sheath meningioma
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Pediatric primary optic nerve sheath meningioma
Primary optic nerve sheath meningioma (PONSM) is extremely rare among children. We report two cases of pediatric PONSM. The first case was a 12-year-old boy who presented with gradual visual loss of his right eye and was found to be associated with neurofibromatosis type 2. The second case was a 10-year-old boy who presented with gradual proptosis of his left eye with normal visual acuity. Seve...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Medical Case Reports Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1179-142X
DOI: 10.2147/imcrj.s82795