What is the advantage of coming to the Center for an optic nerve meningioma?
The development of a large tumor registry for optic nerve meningiomas would also enhance care for these patients. Surgical resection is reserved for patients with severe proptosis or complete or near complete visual loss. Chemotherapy and hormonal therapy have not proven to be effective. New modalities of radiation therapy are currently the mainstay of therapy but no prospective study with large numbers of patients has been performed to date. Long-term follow up is necessary in these patients due to the benign course of the lesion.
