Medulloepithelioma of the Optic Nerve with Intradural Extension--report of Two Cases and a Review of the Literature

Overview

Journal Childs Nerv Syst

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2000 Aug 10

PMID 10933227

Citations 5

Authors

B Chidambaram

V Santosh

V Balasubramaniam

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Abstract

Medulloepithelioma is an uncommon tumour. Among the various sites of origin the optic nerve is rare. We report here two cases of medulloepithelioma of the optic nerve that had extended intradurally into the cranial cavity. A review of the published cases is also given.

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