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Recurrent Childhood Optic Nerve Astrocytoma

MedGen UID:
277579
•Concept ID:
C1335698
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Recurrent Pediatric Optic Nerve Astrocytoma

Definition

The reemergence of optic nerve astrocytoma in childhood after a period of remission. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVRecurrent Childhood Optic Nerve Astrocytoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of chiasmal and hypothalamic gliomas of infancy and childhood with chemotherapy.
Petronio J, Edwards MS, Prados M, Freyberger S, Rabbitt J, Silver P, Levin VA
J Neurosurg 1991 May;74(5):701-8. doi: 10.3171/jns.1991.74.5.0701. PMID: 1901597

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

In pursuit of prognostic factors in children with pilocytic astrocytomas.
Paixão Becker A, de Oliveira RS, Saggioro FP, Neder L, Chimelli LM, Machado HR
Childs Nerv Syst 2010 Jan;26(1):19-28. Epub 2009 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s00381-009-0990-8. PMID: 19823847
Spontaneous regression of low-grade astrocytomas in childhood.
Schmandt SM, Packer RJ, Vezina LG, Jane J
Pediatr Neurosurg 2000 Mar;32(3):132-6. doi: 10.1159/000028917. PMID: 10867559
Diencephalic syndrome: clinical features and imaging findings.
Poussaint TY, Barnes PD, Nichols K, Anthony DC, Cohen L, Tarbell NJ, Goumnerova L
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1997 Sep;18(8):1499-505. PMID: 9296191Free PMC Article
Neurofibromatosis and childhood tumors.
Blatt J, Jaffe R, Deutsch M, Adkins JC
Cancer 1986 Mar 15;57(6):1225-9. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19860315)57:6<1225::aid-cncr2820570627>3.0.co;2-p. PMID: 3080222
Chiasmatic gliomas of childhood. A reappraisal of natural history and effectiveness of cranial irradiation.
Packer RJ, Savino PJ, Bilaniuk LT, Zimmerman RA, Schatz NJ, Rosenstock JG, Nelson DS, Jarrett PD, Bruce DA, Schut L
Childs Brain 1983;10(6):393-403. PMID: 6661937

Diagnosis

Spontaneous regression of low-grade astrocytomas in childhood.
Schmandt SM, Packer RJ, Vezina LG, Jane J
Pediatr Neurosurg 2000 Mar;32(3):132-6. doi: 10.1159/000028917. PMID: 10867559
Management of recurrent pilocytic astrocytoma with leptomeningeal dissemination in childhood.
Tamura M, Zama A, Kurihara H, Fujimaki H, Imai H, Kano T, Saitoh F
Childs Nerv Syst 1998 Nov;14(11):617-22. doi: 10.1007/s003810050286. PMID: 9840361
Diencephalic syndrome: clinical features and imaging findings.
Poussaint TY, Barnes PD, Nichols K, Anthony DC, Cohen L, Tarbell NJ, Goumnerova L
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1997 Sep;18(8):1499-505. PMID: 9296191Free PMC Article
Management of chiasmal and hypothalamic gliomas of infancy and childhood with chemotherapy.
Petronio J, Edwards MS, Prados M, Freyberger S, Rabbitt J, Silver P, Levin VA
J Neurosurg 1991 May;74(5):701-8. doi: 10.3171/jns.1991.74.5.0701. PMID: 1901597
Orbital optic nerve glioma in adult life.
Wulc AE, Bergin DJ, Barnes D, Scaravilli F, Wright JE, McDonald WI
Arch Ophthalmol 1989 Jul;107(7):1013-6. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1989.01070020075033. PMID: 2751454

Therapy

Management of chiasmal and hypothalamic gliomas of infancy and childhood with chemotherapy.
Petronio J, Edwards MS, Prados M, Freyberger S, Rabbitt J, Silver P, Levin VA
J Neurosurg 1991 May;74(5):701-8. doi: 10.3171/jns.1991.74.5.0701. PMID: 1901597
Chiasmatic gliomas of childhood. A reappraisal of natural history and effectiveness of cranial irradiation.
Packer RJ, Savino PJ, Bilaniuk LT, Zimmerman RA, Schatz NJ, Rosenstock JG, Nelson DS, Jarrett PD, Bruce DA, Schut L
Childs Brain 1983;10(6):393-403. PMID: 6661937

Prognosis

In pursuit of prognostic factors in children with pilocytic astrocytomas.
Paixão Becker A, de Oliveira RS, Saggioro FP, Neder L, Chimelli LM, Machado HR
Childs Nerv Syst 2010 Jan;26(1):19-28. Epub 2009 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s00381-009-0990-8. PMID: 19823847
Spontaneous regression of low-grade astrocytomas in childhood.
Schmandt SM, Packer RJ, Vezina LG, Jane J
Pediatr Neurosurg 2000 Mar;32(3):132-6. doi: 10.1159/000028917. PMID: 10867559
Diencephalic syndrome: clinical features and imaging findings.
Poussaint TY, Barnes PD, Nichols K, Anthony DC, Cohen L, Tarbell NJ, Goumnerova L
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1997 Sep;18(8):1499-505. PMID: 9296191Free PMC Article
Orbital optic nerve glioma in adult life.
Wulc AE, Bergin DJ, Barnes D, Scaravilli F, Wright JE, McDonald WI
Arch Ophthalmol 1989 Jul;107(7):1013-6. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1989.01070020075033. PMID: 2751454
Neurofibromatosis and childhood tumors.
Blatt J, Jaffe R, Deutsch M, Adkins JC
Cancer 1986 Mar 15;57(6):1225-9. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19860315)57:6<1225::aid-cncr2820570627>3.0.co;2-p. PMID: 3080222

Clinical prediction guides

In pursuit of prognostic factors in children with pilocytic astrocytomas.
Paixão Becker A, de Oliveira RS, Saggioro FP, Neder L, Chimelli LM, Machado HR
Childs Nerv Syst 2010 Jan;26(1):19-28. Epub 2009 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s00381-009-0990-8. PMID: 19823847
Chiasmatic gliomas of childhood. A reappraisal of natural history and effectiveness of cranial irradiation.
Packer RJ, Savino PJ, Bilaniuk LT, Zimmerman RA, Schatz NJ, Rosenstock JG, Nelson DS, Jarrett PD, Bruce DA, Schut L
Childs Brain 1983;10(6):393-403. PMID: 6661937

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