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Definition / general | Radiology images | Clinical images | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Differential diagnosisCite this page: Pernick N. Meningioma. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/eyeorbitmeningioma.html. Accessed March 29th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Arise from meninges of optic nerve or extension of cranial meninges
- Less common than intracranial tumor
- Associated with hearing loss, optic atrophy and exophthalmos
- Also papilledema if arises near inner sphenoidal ridge
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Meningothelial pattern of whorled spindle cells, psammoma bodies
Microscopic (histologic) images
Differential diagnosis
- Exuberant arachnoid hyperplasia
- Fibrous histiocytoma
- Juvenile ossifying fibroma
- Metastatic carcinoma
- Solitary fibrous tumor / hemangiopericytoma