Medical Definition of Optic glioma

1. A tumour of the optic nerve that can result in blindness to the pressure and destruction (caused by the tumour) of the optic nerve. There is an association between optic gliomas and neurofibromatosis. Surgical excision or radiation therapy is the general coarse of treatment. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Optic Glioma

optic axis
optic canal
optic capsule
optic chiasm
optic chiasm
optic chiasma
optic cup
optic cup
optic decussation
optic disc
optic disk
optic disk
optic disk drusen
optic fissure
optic foramen
optic glioma (current term)
optic groove
optic layer
optic lobe
optic nerve
optic nerve
optic nerve diseases
optic nerve drusen
optic nerve glioma
optic nerve head
optic nerve hypoplasia
optic nerve meningioma
optic nerve sheath decompression
optic nerve sheath fenestration
optic neuritis

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