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OPTIC NERVE SHEATH TUMORS
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Descriptor
English
:
Optic Nerve Neoplasms
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Neoplasias del Nervio Óptico
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Neoplasias do Nervo Óptico
Synonyms
English
:
Optic Nerve Sheath Tumors
Tree Number:
C04.588.614.300.600
C04.588.614.596.240.240
C10.292.225.800
C10.292.700.500
C10.551.360.500
C11.640.544
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coordinate IM with histologic type of neoplasm (IM)
History Note
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:
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Record Number:
33347
Unique Identifier:
D019574
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