title: Orbital optic nerve glioma in adult life.
abstract: In seven cases, optic nerve glioma presented as an expanding orbital mass in previously asymptomatic adults. Clinically and histologically, these tumors were similar to the orbital optic nerve gliomas of childhood; in contrast to the rapidly progressive malignant gliomas of the chiasm well described in adults, the patients with these tumors had a more benign clinical course. Management of optic nerve glioma in adulthood should be conservative in the presence of useful vision.
authors.affiliation: Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Wulc
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Bergin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scaravilli
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: W I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000473:pathology; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology