Primary CNS lymphoma. Cancer that forms in the lymph tissue of the brain, spinal cord, meninges (outer covering of the brain), or eye (called ocular lymphoma). … [Read more...]
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papilledema
Swelling around the optic disk, the area where the optic nerve (the nerve that carries messages from the eye to the brain) enters the eyeball. Papilledema … [Read more...]
optic pathway glioma
A rare, slow-growing tumor that usually forms in the optic nerve, optic chiasm, or optic tract. These are parts of the nervous system that carry messages from … [Read more...]
optic tract
The nerves that travel from the optic chiasm (place in the brain where some of the optic nerve fibers cross) into certain parts of the brain involved in vision. … [Read more...]
optic nerve
The nerve that carries messages from the retina to the brain. … [Read more...]
optic chiasma
The place in the brain where some of the optic nerve fibers coming from one eye cross optic nerve fibers from the other eye. Also called optic chiasm. … [Read more...]
optic chiasm
The place in the brain where some of the optic nerve fibers coming from one eye cross optic nerve fibers from the other eye. Also called optic chiasma. … [Read more...]
Ommaya reservoir
A device surgically placed under the scalp and used to deliver anticancer drugs to the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. … [Read more...]
oligodendroglioma
A rare, slow-growing tumor that begins in oligodendrocytes (cells that cover and protect nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord). Also called oligodendroglial … [Read more...]
oligodendroglial tumor
A rare, slow-growing tumor that begins in oligodendrocytes (cells that cover and protect nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord). Also called … [Read more...]