Management dilemmas for optic nerve glioma with proptosis and visual loss in children

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Identifier 20140304_nanos_posters_228
Title Management dilemmas for optic nerve glioma with proptosis and visual loss in children
Creator Hana Leiba; Helen Toledano; Judith Luckman; Daniel Rappoport; Shalom Michowiz; Nitza Goldenberg-Cohen
Affiliation (HL) (DR) Kaplan Medical Center/Ophthalmology, Rehovot, Israel; (NGC) Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel/Pediatric Ophthalmology, Petach Tikva, Israel; (HL) Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel/Oncology, Petach Tikva, Israel; (SM) Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel/Neurosurgery Petach Tikva, Israel; (JL) Rabin Medical Center/Radiology Petach Tikva, Israel; (NGC) Tel Aviv University/Krieger Eye Research Laboratory, Felsenstein Medical Research Center Petach Tikva, Israel; (HT) (NGC) Tel Aviv University/Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv, Israel; Hebrew University of Jerusalem/Hadassah Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel
Subject Optic Nerve Glioma; Pediatric Orbital Tumors; Proptosis; Glioma Management
Description Optic nerve (ON) gliomas account for 4% of orbital tumors in children. They can be located purely within the orbit or extend to involve the chiasm. Exophthalmos and loss of visual acuity are uncommon presenting features. Here we present 4 cases of optic nerve glioma with proptosis and severe visual loss and their management.
Date 2014-03-04
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2014 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2014: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6351s4v
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