Tumors near the optic nerve (optic glioma) can directly damage the nerve, leading to vision loss in one or both eyes. Additionally, tumors in the occipital lobe, the brain region responsible for ...

Faculty within the clinic help distinguish optic nerve drusen from papilledema, collaborate with pediatric geneticists to rule out optic glioma and other visual sequale of neurofibromatosis, determine ...

In neurofibromatosis type 1, optic gliomas are the most common central nervous system tumors. They occur in approximately 15% of patients, and may result in blindness if left untreated.

These tumors, known as optic pathway gliomas, are affecting both eyes. The tumor on Buzz's right eye has already taken his vision away in that eye. Now the tumor on his left eye threatens his ...