TY - JOUR
T1 - Optic nerve glioma and cerebellar astrocytoma in a patient with Von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis
AU - Miller, Neil R.
PY - 1975/4
Y1 - 1975/4
N2 - A 2 1 2-year-old boy with neurofibromatosis developed unilateral proptosis, decreased visual acuity, and optic disk edema. After the discovery and removal of an optic nerve glioma, the patient had ten years of excellent health until he began having headaches, nausea, and vomiting. He had papilledema in his remaining eye. At exploration, a cerebellar astrocytoma and a neuroglial hamartoma were removed. The occurrence of a glioma of right anterior visual pathway associated with other primary intracranial lesions in patients with neurofibromatosis was not previously reported.
AB - A 2 1 2-year-old boy with neurofibromatosis developed unilateral proptosis, decreased visual acuity, and optic disk edema. After the discovery and removal of an optic nerve glioma, the patient had ten years of excellent health until he began having headaches, nausea, and vomiting. He had papilledema in his remaining eye. At exploration, a cerebellar astrocytoma and a neuroglial hamartoma were removed. The occurrence of a glioma of right anterior visual pathway associated with other primary intracranial lesions in patients with neurofibromatosis was not previously reported.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9394(75)90796-5
DO - 10.1016/0002-9394(75)90796-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 804254
AN - SCOPUS:0016838093
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 79
SP - 582
EP - 588
JO - American journal of ophthalmology
JF - American journal of ophthalmology
IS - 4
ER -