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Abstract
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.
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- Neoplasms, Optic Nerve
- Neoplasm, Optic Nerve
- Optic Nerve Neoplasm
- Benign Optic Nerve Neoplasm
- Benign Optic Nerve Sheath Neoplasms
- Benign Optic Nerve Sheath Tumors
- Benign Optic Nerve Tumor
- Malignant Optic Nerve Neoplasm
- Malignant Optic Nerve Sheath Neoplasms
- Malignant Optic Nerve Sheath Tumors
- Malignant Optic Nerve Tumor
- Neoplasm, Benign, Optic Nerve
- Neoplasm, Optic Nerve, Benign
- Optic Nerve Neoplasm, Benign
- Optic Nerve Sheath Neoplasm
- Optic Nerve Sheath Neoplasms, Malignant
- Optic Nerve Sheath Tumors
- Optic Nerve Sheath Tumors, Benign
- Optic Nerve Sheath Tumors, Malignant
- Optic Nerve Tumor, Malignant
- Tumor, Benign, Optic Nerve
- Tumor, Malignant, Optic Nerve
- Tumor, Optic Nerve, Benign
- Tumor, Optic Nerve, Malignant
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coordinate IM with histologic type of neoplasm (IM)
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- Cranial Nerve Neoplasms (1976-1997)
- Optic Nerve (1966-1997)
- Optic Nerve Diseases (1978-1997)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Optic Nerve Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019574. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019574
- Optic Nerve Neoplasms. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_nerve_tumor
- Optic Nerve Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7098798