Leptomeningeal Dissemination of Optic Pathway Gliomas in Three Children

We treated three children with optic pathway gliomas who had progressive disease associated with metastatic spread to the leptomeninges. One patient had radiographic resolution of leptomeningeal disease after treatment with intravenous carmustine and oral mercaptopurine but died of progressive pulmo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of ophthalmology 1991-06, Vol.111 (6), p.719-723
Hauptverfasser:	Bruggers, Carol S., Friedman, Henry S., Phillips, Peter C., David Wiener, M., Hockenberger, Beverly, Jerry Oakes, W., Buckley, Edward G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use Arachnoid Astrocytoma - diagnosis Astrocytoma - therapy Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Cranial Nerve Neoplasms - diagnosis Cranial Nerve Neoplasms - therapy Diagnosis, Differential Female Humans Infant Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical sciences Meningeal Neoplasms - diagnosis Meningeal Neoplasms - therapy Neurology Optic Chiasm Pia Mater Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses
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