Afferent and efferent visual pathway affectation due to an intracranial meningioma: report on three patients

Authors

  • Lillian Gloria León Veitía Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Tamara de las Mercedes Galbán Lueje Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Raidel Oliva Valdés Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

meningioma/complications, vision disorders/surgery

Abstract

The meningiomas are the most common benign intracranial tumors after the glial tumors, they have a slow growth, and, although they can arise from the fibroblasts of the dura mater, the majority comes from the arachnoid cells. Three patients affected by this illness, with ophthalmologic manifestations due to the compromise of the visual pathway, are presented here. They were surgically treated; one of them evolved satisfactorily, the other two presented sequelae as a result of the long evolution of the tumor.

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Author Biographies

Lillian Gloria León Veitía, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina General Integral y en Oftalmología. Diplomada en Neuroftalmología. Profesora Instructora de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Tamara de las Mercedes Galbán Lueje, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Oftalmología. Diplomada en Neuroftalmología. Profesora Instructora de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Raidel Oliva Valdés, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Neurocirugía. Profesor Instructor de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

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León Veitía LG, Galbán Lueje T de las M, Oliva Valdés R. Afferent and efferent visual pathway affectation due to an intracranial meningioma: report on three patients. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2010 Apr. 4 [cited 2025 Jul. 2];4(2):36-40. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/502

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2010): April-June

Section

Case Reports

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