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Arch Ophthalmol. 2003;121:124-127.

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The first tangible description of an intraorbital meningioma can be credited to Antonio Scarpa in 1816. Since then, our knowledge of meningiomas and especially intraorbital meningiomas has greatly expanded. In 1938, Cushing and Eisenhardt¹ described 4 main subcategories of meningiomas, of which the vascular or angiomatous tumor was a minor subtype. We describe what we believe to be the first reported case of an angiomatous meningioma arising primarily from within the orbit.

Report of a Case

A 17-year-old adolescent girl had a 3-month history of progressive painless proptosis of the right eye (Figure 1). The proptosis appeared to worsen in the morning with progressive improvement throughout the day. An initial examination revealed evidence of mild resistance to retropulsion. Her ocular history was otherwise significant only for mild refractive error. A systematic medical record review was noncontributory. Her best-corrected near and distance visual acuity was 20/20 OU. Exophthalmometry revealed a 4-mm proptosis of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Corresponding author and reprints: Ebrahim Elahi, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, One Gustave Levy Place, Annenberg Bldg, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10029.