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Intracranial tumors affecting the visual system are a source of malpractice claims involving optometrists. Signs and symptoms of disease, such as papilledema, optic atrophy, decreased visual acuity, headache, loss of visual field, acute onset incomitant strabismus, and gradually worsening coordination, should prompt optometrists to rule out the possibility of an underlying intracranial lesion. Appropriate optometric and medical evaluation should be provided. Co-management of care with other health care practitioners should be scrupulously coordinated and documented.
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PMID:Brain tumors, malpractice, and optometry. 819 45

Schwannoma is a usually benign primary tumor. It develops from the Schwann cells, which produce the myelin sheath that surrounds the peripheral nerves. It represents less than 10 % of the intracranial tumors, and it is infrequent in the pediatric age. We hereby present a 6-year-and-11-month-old previously healthy patient, with a history of intermittent generalized cephalea associated with proptosis and a diminished visual acuity of the left eye, epiphora and strabismus, with radiological evidence of retro-ocular mass. A macroscopically complete exeresis was performed, with an anatomopathological diagnosis of orbital schwannoma.
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PMID:[Orbital schwannoma in a child with acute proptosis]. 3267 97