Spheno-orbital meningiomas : a case report

الملخص EN

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.