Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
I recently treated a patient with two simultaneous mets from carcinoid tumor to the meninges of the optic nerve sheath and the cavernous sinus. Both were treated in a single plan to 50.4 Gy fractionated, like I usually would for an optic nerve sheath meningioma.
By treatment end, the patient had a ...
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Metastatic disease to cavernous sinus region is rare, but has been described in the literature.
Assuming the patient is a candidate for SRS, can consider delivering, in 5 fractions, 30 Gy as feasible to GTV, while underdosing PTV margin to a dose of 25 Gy while keeping optics structures within appr...