Astrocytoma of the optic nerve head
- Authors: Goltsman E.V.1, Potyomkin V.V.2,1, Astakhov Y.S.2, Marchenko O.A.1, Antonov V.A.2, Kel’ina A.E.3
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Affiliations:
- City Multi-Field Hospital No. 2
- Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University
- North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
- Issue: Vol 12, No 2 (2019)
- Pages: 73-79
- Section: Case reports
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/ov/article/view/11574
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/OV2019273-79
- ID: 11574
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Abstract
In this article, a clinical case of astrocytoma of optic nerve head in patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 is presented. The main feature of this clinical case is a difficulty in differential diagnosis with amelanotic choroidal melanoma.
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Elena V. Goltsman
City Multi-Field Hospital No. 2
Email: ageeva_elena@inbox.ru
Ophthalmologist
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgVitaly V. Potyomkin
Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; City Multi-Field Hospital No. 2
Author for correspondence.
Email: potem@inbox.ru
PhD, Assistant Professor. Department of Ophthalmology; ophthalmologist
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgYuriy S. Astakhov
Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University
Email: astakhov73@mail.ru
MD, Doctor of Medical Science, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgOlga A. Marchenko
City Multi-Field Hospital No. 2
Email: oamarchenko@yandex.ru
Ophthalmologist
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgVladimir A. Antonov
Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University
Email: antonov@alborada.fi
Resident, Department of Ophthalmology
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgAnastasiya E. Kel’ina
North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
Email: stokecity@bk.ru
student
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgReferences
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