Visual changes after gamma knife surgery for optic nerve tumors. Report of three cases.
Tumors involving the optic nerve (optic glioma, optic nerve sheath meningioma) are benign but difficult to treat. Gamma knife surgery (GKS) may be a useful treatment. The authors present data obtained in three such cases and record the effects of GKS.
Kwon
Yang
Y
Department of Neurosurgery, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
Bae
Jun Seok
JS
Kim
Jae Myung
JM
Lee
Do Hee
DH
Kim
Soon Young
SY
Ahn
Jae Sung
JS
Kim
Jeong Hoon
JH
Kim
Chang Jin
CJ
Kwun
Byung Duk
BD
Lee
Jung Kyo
JK
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020339:Optic Nerve Glioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019574:Optic Nerve Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D047368:Tumor Burden / Q000528:radiation effects; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology