Background: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) are a severe complication of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). The median age at diagnosis is 47.1 years in the general population, whereas ...

Researchers searched the US FAERS database (via OpenVigil 2.1) and WHO’s VigiBase (via VigiAccess) for optic nerve and retinal AEs linked with semaglutide and tirzepatide. The search spanned the ...

Background/aims To determine the association of age, presence of optic nerve head drusen (ONHD) and number of previous intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) injections with ...

Early symptoms of a brain tumor can include headache episodes, ... This type of tumor creates pressure on the pituitary gland and optic tract, which is an extension of the optic nerve.

Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a mitochondrial genetic disease that preferentially causes blindness in young adult males, affecting about 1 in 25 000 of the British population. It is ...

Background Differentiating arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (A-AION) due to giant cell arteritis (GCA) from non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NA-AION) may pose a ...

There may be a strategy that regulates inflammation responsible for causing nerve pain due to chemotherapy-induced side effects of treatment, according to research from Virginia Commonwealth Univer… ...

Background: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is a rare form of sarcoma arising from Schwann cells with an incidence rate of about 1 case per 100,000 people. Most MPNSTs occur in the ...

Results: Median age at diagnosis was 33 yrs (IQR 22-44) and 50 yrs (IQR 38-61), and median tumor size at diagnosis 7.4cm and 6.3cm for the NF1 and non-NF1 cohorts, respectively. Tumors were most ...

Extracranial Head and Neck, Peripheral Nerve Tumors: A 10-Year Experience at NCI, Egypt. Hala Aziz Shokralla, Ahmed Elsayed Fathalla. Journal of Cancer Therapy Vol.10 No.12, December 19, 2019 DOI: ...