optic glioma

a slow-growing tumor on the optic nerve or in the chiasm, composed of glial cells. Symptoms may include loss of vision, secondary strabismus, exophthalmos, and ocular paralysis.

optic glioma

Neuropathology An astrocytoma arising in the optic nerve, which is associated with neurofibromatosis, type 1 Clinical Invasion and destruction of optic nerve tissue, loss of vision

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NG2-cells are not the cell of origin for murine neurofibromatosis-1 (Nf1) optic glioma.

Molecular biology of glioblastoma: Classification and mutational locations

The rare condition means that Keane, six, suffers from optic glioma and will eventually lose his eyesight.

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Optic glioma in children: surveillance, resection, or irradiation?

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Understanding how different kinds of optic glioma bear the traces of their separate origins is the key to being able to tailor treatment to a specific individual, according to Gutmann.

Optic Nerve Tumors Traced Back To Stem Cells In Young Brains

At one year old, Jamie was diagnosed with a type of brain tumour called Optic Glioma.

A brief glimpse of paradise for brave Jamie; Brain tumour teen has his wish granted

An optic glioma in an NF1-affected individual may increase the risk for other CNS malignancies.

Neurofibromatosis

Daisy Perry has shown immense courage as she undergoes a gruelling 18-month course of chemotherapy to try to shrink the optic glioma tumour.

Little Daisy is so brave as she battles the effects of brain tumour; Doctors fear for her sight

MPNST was followed in order by plexiform neurofibroma, optic glioma, skin tumors, learning disabilities, and cafe-au-lait macules (Table 1).

Patient and physician attitudes regarding clinical trials in neurofibromatosis 1

Optic glioma almost always appears by 3 years of age "and certainly by 6 years of age," she said.

Watchful waiting best in kids' neurofibromatosis

In addition, we wanted to explore the potential for the use of pirfenidone in the treatment of progressive brainstem and optic glioma in patients with NF1.

Inhibitory effect of pirfenidone on glioblastoma cell lines: implications for treatment of neurofibromatosis

Thirteen children were found to have structural abnormalities, such as optic glioma, enlarged ventricles, enlarged sulci, and vermis atrophy, and were eliminated from further analysis.

MRI study links anterior thalamocortical tract abnormalities to learning disabilities

Among two cases, one case of optic glioma shown in ten-year-old child with decreasing visual acuity of left eye (Without proptosis) was examined by CT and contiguous axial sections showed thickening and enlargement of left optic were near orbital apex.