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Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

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Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...

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100-103


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Sucheta Parija, Indranil Saha


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PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA PRESENTING AS BILATERAL OPTIC ATROPHY IN A CHILD: CASE REPORT

Case Report

Author Details : Sucheta Parija, Indranil Saha

Volume : 1, Issue : 2, Year : 2015

Article Page : 100-103


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Abstract

 
Brain tumors are a very common pathology in children today. Optic atrophy is an alerting sign for ophthalmologist that may be associated with serious systemic conditions having a significant bearing on the overall morbidity of the child .We describe here a 14 years old girl who presented with visual loss and features of raised intracranial pressure. On imaging she was diagnosed to have a supratentorial tumor suggestive of central neurocytoma but on histopathology was reported to be pilocytic astrocytoma gradeI.

Keywords: Intracranial pressure, Optic atrophy, Pilocytic astrocytoma.


How to cite : Parija S, Saha I, PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA PRESENTING AS BILATERAL OPTIC ATROPHY IN A CHILD: CASE REPORT. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2015;1(2):100-103

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