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Oriental Scientific Publishing Company, Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal, 4(13), p. 1601-1606, 2020

DOI: 10.13005/bpj/2035

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Management of Children with Optic Gliomas and Neurofibromatosis Type 1

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Abstract

Optic pathway gliomas (OPG) are a common cancer in children with neurofibromatosis type 1. OPGs can cause clinical symptoms such as reduction of visual acuity, alterations of the visual field, pallor of the optical papilla, strabismus, endocrinological alterations up to diencephalic syndrome.The current guidelines provide for wait and see as the main approach if the tumor is not causing visual deterioration and adopting treatment only in the event of significant impairment of the visual function. Therefore, it is essential to early detect the visual deterioration changes as well as the identification of children eligible for treatment.