A Case of Optic Nerve Glioma.

Lee, Song Hee; Kim, Joung Ja; Jo, Jae Choon

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1968;9(4):27-31.

A Case of Optic Nerve Glioma.

Song Hee Lee, Joung Ja Kim, Jae Choon Jo

¹Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.
²Department of Ophthalmology, Third Army Hospital, Korea.

안와에 (眼窩) 원발한 (原發) 시신경교종에 (視神經膠腫) 대하여

박병국(Byung Kook Park),이송희(Song Hee Lee),김정자(Jung Ja Kim),조재춘(Jae Choon Cho)

Abstract

A case of optic nerve glioma is presented. This 11 years old Korean boy was seen because of proto nasion of the risht eye ball of 2 months duration. Vision of the right eye was reduced to 20/30 and optic disc showed blurring of the margin with some venous engorgement. Visual field showed enlarged blind spot of Mariotte and contraction of temporal field of vision in the right eye. Radiograpic study of the optic foramina was normal. There was no cafe-au-lait spot. On April 19. 1967. the orbit was exposed through anterior approach because of the tumor possibly invading the intraocular pertion. On operating procedure it was easy to remove the tumor and optic nerve by aspiration of 3 cc. of vitreous using 19 gauge needle. We confirmed a diagnosis of astrocytoma of the optic nerve in pathologic study. A year later the removal of the tumor, the patient was in good health and there had been no recurrence. A review of the literature of recent years related to glioma of the optic nerve, particularly its signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment was added.