Malignant gliomas and medulloblastomas — the most common brain tumours affecting adults and children, respectively — remain responsible for a disproportionate level of morbidity and mortality ...

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 ...

Fractionated reirradiation is safe and feasible, suggesting higher reirradiation dose may be feasible in patients with ...

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (von Recklinghausen disease): Has been linked to optic pathway gliomas and is thought to be caused by changes in the NF1 gene Neurofibromatosis type 2: Less common than ...

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 ...

Over the summer, through Make-A-Wish Arizona, Brock and his entire family got to travel to New York City and Niagara Falls.

Diencephalic syndrome is a rare neurologic disorder typically affecting infants and young children with tumors located in the diencephalon. In this cohort, 43% of the optic pathway and hypothalamic ...

malignant optic nerve glioma or other malignancy, various maculopathies Uveitis Various inflammatory and infectious causes of optic neuritis (sarcoid-, inflammatory bowel disease-, Lyme disease ...