Identifier |
wh_ch28_p1374_1 |
Title |
Walsh & Hoyt: Tumors Involving the Thalamus |
Creator |
Nancy J. Newman, MD |
Affiliation |
Emory Eye Center |
Subject |
Neoplasms; Eye Neoplasms; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Diagnoses and Examinations; Tumors, Thalamus |
Description |
Many tumors that involve the thalamus do so by extension from the brain stem, the third ventricle, or the pineal gland. Other tumors, especially primary gliomas, originate within the thalamus. ""Pure"" thalamic tumors account for up to 5% of intracranial tumors in adults and 10% in children. Such tumors are usually neuroglial in origin, but angiomas and germinomas may also occur in this region. The initial symptoms in patients with primary thalamic tumors are most often those related to increased ICP, including headache, papilledema, nausea, vomiting, and abducens nerve paresis. Hemiparesis and hemiplegia are common signs of thalamic tumors, occurring in up to 53% of patients. This probably results from tumor extension or compression of the neighboring internal capsule or basal ganglia. |
Date |
2005 |
Language |
eng |
Format |
application/pdf |
Type |
Text |
Source |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition |
Relation is Part of |
Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology |
Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu |
Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia |
Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
Rights Management |
Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6n61vwv |
Setname |
ehsl_novel_whts |
ID |
186327 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n61vwv |