optic nerve glioma

F = M
child / young adult (75% < 10 yrs, 90% < 20 yrs)
fusiform, isodense mass
+/- enhancement
rarely calcified

a/w neurofibromatosis

Cf: optic nerve meningioma

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2002-04-18