How to treat optic glioma?

summary

Optic gliomas are benign tumors that occur in the glial cells of the optic nerve, so these diseases seem very small, but cause great harm to the human body, and can spread to the intracranial along the optic nerve. Most of them occurred in preschool children, but rarely in adults. Some of them were associated with neurofibromatosis. It is suspected that they have genetic tendency. The prognosis is better than that of intracranial glioma. So let's share how to treat optic glioma

How to treat optic glioma?

First, the patients with good visual acuity, unobvious exophthalmos and slow progress can be observed regularly. It is reported that the disease can subside by itself, and the reason is unclear.

Second, if the visual acuity is lower than the index, the exophthalmos is obvious, and the tumor is limited in the orbit, lateral orbitotomy can be used to remove the tumor. If there is still tumor at the end of optic nerve transection, X-knife or X-knife is recommended γ Knife treatment.

Third, if the tumor invades the optic nerve or optic chiasm, the tumor before optic chiasm can be removed by transcranial orbitotomy. Patients with contralateral or bilateral lesions can be treated with radiotherapy.

matters needing attention

Several common symptoms of glioma are headache, dizziness, vomiting, vision changes, limb movement disorders, etc. parents should pay attention to avoid delaying the best time of treatment.