Optic nerve glioma

Optic nerve glioma
Classification and external resources
Magnetic resonance image of a large retrobulbar optic nerve tumor causing massive proptosis.
ICD-10	C 72.3
MedlinePlus	001024
eMedicine	radio/486
MeSH	C04.557.465.625.600.380.080.667

Optic nerve glioma (or optic glioma), a form of glioma which affects the optic nerve, is often one of the central nervous system manifestations of Neurofibromatosis 1.

External links

00724 at CHORUS

Nervous tissue tumors/NS neoplasm/Neuroectodermal tumor (ICD-O 9350–9589) (C70–C72, D32–D33, 191–192/225)

Endocrine/
sellar (9350–9379)

sellar: Craniopharyngioma · Pituicytoma

other: Pinealoma

CNS
(9380–9539)

Neuroepithelial
(brain tumors,
spinal tumors)

Astrocyte	Astrocytoma (Pilocytic astrocytoma, Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, Fibrillary (also diffuse or lowgrade) astrocytomas, Anaplastic astrocytoma, Glioblastoma multiforme)

Oligodendrocyte	Oligodendroglioma

Ependyma	Ependymoma · Subependymoma

Choroid plexus	Choroid plexus tumor (Choroid plexus papilloma, Choroid plexus carcinoma)

Multiple/unknown	Oligoastrocytoma · Gliomatosis cerebri · Gliosarcoma

Mature
neuron

Ganglioneuroma: Ganglioglioma · Retinoblastoma · Neurocytoma · Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour · Lhermitte-Duclos disease

Neuroblastoma (Esthesioneuroblastoma, Ganglioneuroblastoma) · Medulloblastoma · Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor

Primitive

Medulloepithelioma

Meningiomas
(meninges)

Meningioma, Hemangiopericytoma

Primary central nervous system lymphoma

PNS: NST
(9540–9579)

cranial and paraspinal nerves: Neurofibroma (Neurofibrosarcoma, Neurofibromatosis) · Neurilemmoma/Schwannoma (Acoustic neuroma) · Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor

note: not all brain tumors are of nervous tissue, and not all nervous tissue tumors are in the brain (see brain metastases)

M: CNS

anat(n/s/m/p/4/e/b/d/c/a/f/l/g)/phys/devp

noco(m/d/e/h/v/s)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)

M: PNS

anat(h/r/t/c/b/l/s/a)/phys(r)/devp/prot/nttr/nttm/ntrp

noco/auto/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1B)