Long-term survival with optic nerve glioma.
A patient with long-term survival following partial removal of a left optic nerve glioma is described. Various aspects of the pathology and treatment of the tumour are discussed in conjunction with a brief review of the recent literature. Particular attention is drawn to those features of the tumour which favour its classification as a neoplastic lesion rather than a hamartoma.
D002648:Child; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005910:Glioma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009901:Optic Nerve Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*