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Superior and inferior ophthalmic veins thrombosis With cavernous sinus meningioma
Author(s) -
Sameer Vyas,
Palash Jyoti Das,
Sunil Gupta,
Nandita Kakkar,
Niranjan Khandelwal
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
middle east african journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0975-1599
pISSN - 0974-9233
DOI - 10.4103/0974-9233.84066
Subject(s) - medicine , superior ophthalmic vein , meningioma , thrombosis , cavernous sinus , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , computed tomography , vein , surgery
Ophthalmic vein thrombosis is an extremely rare entity. We present a case of middle-aged female who presented with proptosis. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed cavernous sinus meningioma with ipsilateral superior and inferior vein thrombosis. A brief review of the vascular involvement of the meningioma and ophthalmic vein thrombosis is presented along with the case.

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