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Optic neuroma

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A slow-growing benign tumor of the optic nerve.

Optic gliomas are associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), can lead to partial or complete loss of vision, painless bulging of the eye, and headache, and are treated by surgical excision (removal) or, if too extensive, by radiotherapy

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