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1: J Fr Ophtalmol. 2008 Jun;31(6 Pt 1):618-21.Click here to read Links

[An optic nerve glioma in a 4-month-old child]

[Article in French]

Viennet A, Nezzar H, Bonnin N, Sinardet D, Campagne D, Demeocq F, Kemeny JL, Bacin F.

Service d'Ophtalmologie, CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, France. antoine.viennet@laposte.net

The optic nerve glioma is a relatively rare pathology in children and only a few cases have been described in infants. This paper reports the symptoms of this exceptional case in a 4-month-old child and reviews the differential diagnoses at this age. Finally, we discuss the diagnosis and therapeutic possibilities.

PMID: 18772815 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]