Recurrence of astrocytoma of optic nerve after 48 years.
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- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 60 (7) , 539-543
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.60.7.539
Abstract
A tumour presumed to be a juvenile glioma of the optic nerve was removed by a Kronlein procedure from a 4-year old boy in 1925. In 1973 a severe proptosis made it necessary to remove the atrophic eye and a large retro-ocular tumour. Histological examination, supported by electron microscopy, showed the second tumour to be an anaplastic pilocytic astrocytoma. The possible histogenesis and this unusual behaviour pattern are discussed.Keywords
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