Primary tumors of optic nerve can be classified as intrinsic tumors and tumors of sheath. The most common tumor of the optic nerve is glioma most of which is benign but malignant can also occur Malignant are: Ganglioglioma Medulloepithelioma Vascular tumors like hemangioblastoma and hemangiopericytoma Optic nerve gliomas comprise all intracranial tumors always unilateral and most frequent in females than males.
It occurs at any age present with axial proptosis with early visual loss due to optic atrophy malignant optic nerve gliomas almost always occur in adult’s incidence is equal in males and females Tumors of optic nerve sheath are: Primary optic nerve sheath in which meningioma is perioptic meningioma Secondary optic nerve sheaths are schwannoma and hemangiopericytoma Share your opinions.
