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Glioma óptico - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Glioma de los ojos; Glioma del nervio óptico

Síntomas:

Los síntomas se deben a que el tumor crece y presiona el nervio óptico y las estructuras adyacentes. Estos síntomas pueden abarcar:

  • Movimiento involuntario del globo ocular
  • Uno o ambos ojos pueden protruir hacia afuera
  • Estrabismo
  • Pérdida de la visión en uno o en ambos ojos:
    • que lleva finalmente a ceguera
    • que puede ser una pérdida de visión periférica o la pérdida puede ser más general

El paciente puede mostrar síntomas del síndrome diencefálico que abarca retraso en el crecimiento, inapetencia y grasa corporal, sueño durante el día y disminución de la memoria y las capacidades intelectuales.

Signos y exámenes:

Un examen neurológico muestra pérdidas en la visión en uno o en ambos ojos. Puede haber cambios en el nervio óptico, incluyendo inflamación o cicatrización del nervio o palidez y atrofia del disco óptico.

Se puede presentar extensión del tumor a sitios del cerebro más profundos. Asimismo, puede haber signos de aumento de presión dentro del cerebro (presión intracraneal), al igual que signos de neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1).

Se pueden llevar a cabo los siguientes exámenes:

  • Reviewed last on: 3/2/2010
  • David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital.

Referencias

Karcioglu ZA, Haik BG. Eye, orbit, and adnexal structures. In: Abeloff MD, Armitage JO, Niederhuber JE, Kastan MB, McKenna WG, eds. Abeloff’s Clinical Oncology. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2008:chap 71.

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