Optic Pathway Tumors and NF-1

Abstract

The natural history of 33 optic pathway tumors (OPT) diagnosed in 227 children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) seen in a specialty clinic was evaluated in a prospective, longitudinal study at Children’s Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago.

Keywords

• optic pathway tumors
• neurofibromatosis type 1
• chiasmatic tumors