OPTIC GLIOMA OF CHILDHOOD . NATURAL HISTORY AND RATIONALE FOR CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT

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HOYT, WF
BAGHDASS.SA
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[1] Department of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurological Surgery, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco
[2] Department of Ophthalmology, American University Hospital, Beirut
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10.1136/bjo.53.12.793
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R77 [眼科学];
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100212 ;
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Prolonged follow-up of 36 children with optic glioma confirms that the tumour is congenital, non-neoplastic, and self-limiting, and has a good prognosis for life. Visual impairment, present at the time of diagnosis, does not change appreciably thereafter. Excision of such a tumour should be undertaken only to control proptosis in a blind eye. Life cannot be prolonged by irradiation or transcranial procedures on the tumour.
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