SECOND INSTALLMENT (MAY ISSUE)
General Comment
Nature of Gliomas as Revealed by This Study.
Clinical Features
Glial Cells of the Normal Optic Nerve
Classification of Types of Gliomas Found Among Tumors of the Optic Nerve
Recklinghausen's Disease
Relation of Tumors of the Optic Nerve to Recklinghausen's Disease
A Review of the Literature
Comment
Table Summarizing the Review of the Literature on Recklinghausen's Disease and Tumors of the Optic Nerve
Summary
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Abstract of Discussion
INTRODUCTION AND CLASSIFICATION
Primary tumors of the optic nerve are rare. Collins and Marshall reported only 2 over a period of fifteen years among 388,000 patients treated at the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital (Moorfields) in London. Verhoeff reported that 4 primary tumors of the optic nerve were removed at the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary over a period of thirty-six years, during which time 669,557 new patients were examined. In these two large series of
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