title: Computed tomography of intraorbital optic nerve gliomas in children.
abstract: Optic nerve gliomas were diagnosed with computed tomography (CT) in 10 children. CT: (A) provides the best radiographic means of demonstrating the orbital portion of the optic nerves; (b) can evaluate the clinically unsuspected optic nerve for bilateral gliomas; (c) demonstrates gross intracranial involvement; and (d) can be used to follow the course of a glioma. Gliomas can present on CT as (a) a uniform thickening of the entire nerve; (b) a solitary fusiform enlargement of the nerve; or (c) an irregular solid thickening along the nerve. The authors routinely use axial CT of optic nerves as the primary diagnostic scan.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011011:Pneumoencephalography; D013679:Technology, Radiologic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed