Acute comitant esotropia as the presenting sign of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
4 December 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, esotopia, squint
The authors present four children with acute comitant esotropia (AACE) associated with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. All were treated with radiation therapy and all subsequently died due to the tumour. Children were aged 5, 5, 4.5 and 11 years. General...
Advanced vestibular Schwannoma case report
1 December 2016
| Claire Howard
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EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
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Cerebellopontine angle tumour, papilloedema, vestibular schwannom
Vestibular Schwannoma is a benign, slow growing tumour which usually presents with unilateral hearing loss. It causes symptoms and findings on ophthalmic examination when the diagnosis is delayed. Ophthalmic findings may be related to the effect of the expanding mass...
