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Glioma óptico - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Glioma de los ojos; Glioma del nervio óptico

Definición:

Los gliomas son tumores que crecen en varias partes del cerebro. Los gliomas ópticos pueden afectar:

  • Uno o ambos nervios ópticos que son los nervios que llevan la información visual al cerebro desde cada ojo.
  • El quiasma óptico, el área donde se entrecruzan los nervios ópticos en frente del hipotálamo del cerebro.

Un glioma óptico también puede crecer junto con un glioma hipotalámico.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

Los gliomas ópticos son raros y su causa se desconoce. La mayoría de estos gliomas son de crecimiento lento y no cancerosos ( benignos), y ocurren en niños, casi siempre antes de los 20 años.

Existe además una fuerte asociación entre el glioma óptico y la neurofibromatosis tipo 1 (NF1).

  • Fecha de revisión: 6/10/2008
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:James R. Mason, MD, Oncologist, Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program and Stem Cell Processing Lab, Scripps Clinic, Torrey Pines, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Homes LR, Munzenrider JE, Elner VM, Bardenstein DS, Lichter AS. Eye, orbit, and adnexal structures. In: Abeloff MD, Armitage JO, Niederhuber JE, Kastan MB, McKenna WG, eds. Clinical Oncology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA:Churchill Livingstone;2004;chap 70.

Olitsky SE, Hug D, Smith LP. Abnormalities of the optic nerve. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. St. Louis, MO: WB Saunders; 2007;chap 608.

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