An optic nerve glioma is a type of noncancerous, slow-growing tumor that develops in the glial cells of the optic nerve. They are most common in children. Doctors may refer to this type of tumor as ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 76-year-old woman was referred from optometry for glaucoma evaluation after bilateral optic nerve hemorrhages ...

Dr. Bart K. Chwalisz: A 30-year-old woman was evaluated in the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at a hospital affiliated with this hospital because of monocular vision loss. Two months before the current ...

Low Grade Glioma of the Optic Nerve. (Left) T1-weighted axial MRI; (Middle) T1-weighted with gadolinium axial MRI ; (Right) Short T1 Inversion Recovery (STIR) coronal MRI. Note the well demarcated ...

When a car crash or explosion results in an optic nerve injury, eliminating an enzyme known to promote inflammation appears to aid recovery, scientists report. When a car crash or explosion results in ...

What Is Optic Nerve Drusen? Optic nerve drusen is a rare eye condition that affects between 3 and 24 people out of every 1,000 in the population. It’s difficult to estimate exactly how common this ...