Long-term follow-up of patients with optic glioma.
Patients with optic glioma were classified into two types: infant type and childhood. The infant type was usually immature astrocytomas that had an aggressive course and had a poor prognosis. On the other hand, the childhood type was usually mature astrocytomas with a rather benign, self-limiting course, even when the tumor had been left untreated. To make a long-term assessment, 11 patients with optic glioma were studied and 6 long-term survivors with chiasmal tumor invasion, in whom total removal of the tumor had not been feasible, were followed up for 8-12 years. Most of them had a stable course both clinically and radiologically.
D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity