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Grossing of Non-neoplastic Globes, Including Fetal Eyes
Published on: May 30, 2025
[Ophthalmological findings in pediatric brain neoplasms: 58 cases]
A Santamaría1, R Martínez, I Astigarraga
1Servicios de Oftalmología y Pediatría del Hospital de Cruces, Barakaldo, España. alaitz_sc@yahoo.es
Purposes:
To describe the visual manifestations of brain neoplasms, and to analyze the effect of tumor control on these.
Methods:
This is a descriptive retrospective study, which includes patients under 14 years of age, suffering from different brain neoplasms in our hospital between 1996 and 2005 inclusive.
Results:
In the group of patients with low visual acuity, 44% had organic amblyopias. In 28% of cases, the amblyopia was secondary to the strabismus/nystagmus produced by the developing tumor. Corrective treatment was successful in some cases of partial or total organic amblyopia. Ophthalmologic evaluation (including perimetry and fundoscopy) enabled detection of 3 tumor relapses.
Conclusions:
Visual analysis (visual acuity, perimetry, fundoscopy) should be an essential component of assessment during brain neoplasm treatment and follow-up. Corrective treatment is sometimes successful in organic amblyopias
