Optic Nerve Neoplasms - Pathology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor: report of a chiasmal-optic nerve example in neurofibromatosis type 1: special pathology report.

30 Mar 2009 OBJECTIVE: Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor is a rare, rather recently described tumor featuring a highly distinctive, biphasic histological pattern, including a cytologically uniform neuronal component of Homer-Wright type pseudorosettes and an ... Read more...

Pilocytic astrocytoma of the optic pathway: a tumour deriving from radial glia cells with a specific gene signature.

29 Mar 2009 Pilocytic astrocytomas are WHO grade I gliomas that occur predominantly in childhood. They share features of both astroglial and oligodendroglial lineages. These tumours affect preferentially the cerebellum (benign clinical course) and the optic ... Read more...

Primary optic nerve tumours.

30 Jan 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Advances have been made in the treatment of primary optic nerve tumours. With a focus on the last few years' publications, recommendations for clinical management are being developed. RECENT FINDINGS: In low-grade optic nerve ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Optic Nerve Neoplasms - Pathology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor: report of a chiasmal-optic nerve example in neurofibromatosis type 1: special pathology report. 30 Mar 2009
• Pilocytic astrocytoma of the optic pathway: a tumour deriving from radial glia cells with a specific gene signature. 29 Mar 2009
• [Large optic nerve sheath meningioma] 27 Feb 2009
• Primary optic nerve tumours. 30 Jan 2009
• Metastatic adenocarcinoma of bilateral cavernous sinus and optic nerve with unknown primary mimicking orbital pseudotumor. 30 Dec 2008
• Ocular melanocytoma. 30 Dec 2008
• Optic nerve hemangioblastoma. 30 Oct 2008
• Primary optic nerve sheath meningioma in children. 30 Oct 2008
• Optic nerve sheath fenestration for an isolated optic nerve glioma. 17 Oct 2008
• Optochiasmal apoplexy due to a cavernoma. 28 Sep 2008
• Responsiveness of progressive optic pathway tumors to cisplatin-based chemotherapy in children. 2 Sep 2008
• Complex juxtapapillary capillary hemangioma: a case report. 30 Aug 2008
• Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the optic nerve. 10 Aug 2008
• Optic disc hemangioblastoma (capillary hemangioma) with ipsilateral oculodermal melanocytosis. 25 Jul 2008
• Clinicopathological features and global genomic copy number alterations of pilomyxoid astrocytoma in the hypothalamus/optic pathway: comparative analysis with pilocytic astrocytoma using array-based comparative genomic hybridization. 9 Jul 2008
• Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle attached to the optic chiasm. Successful removal through a trans-lamina terminalis approach. 29 Jun 2008
• Tumor-like enlargement of the optic chiasm in an infant with Alexander disease. 24 Jun 2008
• Malignant medulloepithelioma of optic nerve head. 30 May 2008
• Successful use of mitomycin C to prevent recurrence of the cystic component of an optic nerve sheath meningioma. 29 Apr 2008
• Choroidal melanoma in association with juxtapapillary melanocytoma. 30 Mar 2008

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Technical information about 'Optic Nerve Neoplasms'

Definition: Benign and malignant neoplasms that arise from the optic nerve or its sheath. OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA is the most common histologic type. Optic nerve neoplasms tend to cause unilateral visual loss and an afferent pupillary defect and may spread via neural pathways to the brain.

Descriptor UI: D019574

Alternative terms: Optic Nerve Neoplasms; Neoplasm, Optic Nerve; Optic Nerve Neoplasm; Neoplasms, Optic Nerve; Optic Nerve Sheath Neoplasm; Optic Nerve Sheath Tumors; Malignant Optic Nerve Neoplasm; Tumor, Optic Nerve, Malignant; Tumor, Malignant, Optic Nerve; Malignant Optic Nerve Tumor; Optic Nerve Tumor, Malignant; Malignant Optic Nerve Sheath Neoplasms; Optic Nerve Sheath Neoplasms, Malignant; Optic Nerve Sheath Tumors, Malignant; Malignant Optic Nerve Sheath Tumors; Benign Optic Nerve Neoplasm; Neoplasm, Benign, Optic Nerve; Tumor, Optic Nerve, Benign; Optic Nerve Neoplasm, Benign; Tumor, Benign, Optic Nerve; Benign Optic Nerve Tumor; Neoplasm, Optic Nerve, Benign; Benign Optic Nerve Sheath Neoplasms; Optic Nerve Sheath Tumors, Benign; Benign Optic Nerve Sheath Tumors;

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Tree Number: C04.588.614.300.600; C04.588.614.596.240.240; C10.292.225.800; C10.292.700.500; C10.551.360.500; C11.640.544;

History Note: 98

Technical Notes: coordinate IM with histologic type of neoplasm (IM)