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Case Reports
. 1984 Sep;15(3):421-3.
doi: 10.1227/00006123-198409000-00021.

Postoperative regression of opticochiasmatic astrocytoma: a case for expectant therapy

J L Venes, J Latack, R S Kandt
Case Reports

Postoperative regression of opticochiasmatic astrocytoma: a case for expectant therapy

J L Venes et al. Neurosurgery. 1984 Sep.

Abstract

After incisional biopsy, an opticochiasmatic astrocytoma in a 2-year-old child with neurofibromatosis was seen to regress by computed tomographic scanning. This case illustrates the need for expectant therapy in this entity.

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