Coincidental Optic Nerve Meningioma and Thyroid Eye Disease

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Jul-Aug;31(4):e94-5. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000000113.

Abstract

A 57-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus, hypertension, obesity, and Graves disease presented with clinical evidence of thyroid eye disease (TED) and optic neuropathy. She was referred when a tapered dose of steroids prompted worsening of her TED. CT and MRI were consistent with TED and bilateral optic nerve meningioma. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of concurrent TED and unsuspected bilateral optic nerve meningioma. When investigating the etiology of TED-associated optic neuropathy, careful attention to orbital imaging is required because coexisting pathology may exist.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Graves Disease / complications
  • Graves Ophthalmopathy / diagnosis*
  • Graves Ophthalmopathy / therapy
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meningioma / diagnosis*
  • Meningioma / therapy
  • Middle Aged
  • Obesity / complications
  • Optic Nerve Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Optic Nerve Neoplasms / therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Visual Acuity / physiology

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids