A new era for optic pathway glioma: A developmental brain tumor with life-long health consequences

• Main Authors: David A. Walker (Author), Kristian Aquilina (Author), Helen Spoudeas (Author), Chiara Pilotto (Author), Hoong-Wei Gan (Author), Lisethe Meijer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Optic pathway and hypothalamic glioma (OPHG) are low-grade brain tumors that arise from any part of the visual pathways frequently involving the hypothalamus. The tumors grow slowly and present with features driven by their precise anatomical site, their age at presentation and the stage of growth a...