MRI Screening for Optic Gliomas in Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2015 Sep;29(9):72. doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-9-7.

Abstract

Investigators from Cincinnati Children's Hospital, OH, analysed retrospectively the utility of screening brain/orbital MRIs in 826 children with NF1 (ages 1-9 years; 402 female, 424 male) seen over a 20-year period between 1990 and 2010.

Keywords: Brain/Orbit MRI; Neurofibromatosis Type 1; Optic Pathway Gliomas.