Spheno-orbital Meningiomas: A Case Report

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.