Optic glioma
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| Optic glioma | |
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| Term | Optic glioma |
| Short definition | optic nerve - (pronounced) (OP-tik nerve) The nerve that carries messages from the retina to the brain |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
optic glioma - (pronounced) (OP-tik. . . joy-OH-moo) rare, slow-growing tumor that usually forms in the optic nerve, chiasm, or visual tract. These are parts of the nervous system that carry messages from the eye to the brain. Also called visual pathway glioma
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Optic glioma
- Wikipedia's article - Optic glioma
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