Astrocytoma of the optic nerve and chiasm associated with microphthalmos and orbital cyst.

Digital Evaluation of Orbital Cyst Associated with Microphthalmos: Characteristics and Their Relationship with Orbital Volume

PURPOSE To study the characteristics of orbital cyst associated with microphthalmos in a group of Chinese patients, and to analyze the relationship between orbital cyst and orbital volume. DESIGN Cross-sectional comparative study. PARTICIPANTS 120 patients who were diagnosed as unilateral clinical blind microphthalmos, in which 20 patients had orbital cyst in the affected eye. METHOD Part...

Persistent truncus arteriosus communis with microphthalmos, orbital cyst and polydactyly.

A white woman, aged seventeen, was admitted to hospital in labour. Since the onset of menstruation at fifteen years only six or seven periods had occurred, and the last period could not be accurately dated. The personal and family history was uneventful. A female child was delivered by forceps after a lengthy first stage and cried spontaneously; she was apparently well nourished, was 30 cm. lon...

Astrocytoma of the optic nerve.

the evaluation of language related engagment and task related engagment with the purpose of investigating the effect of metatalk and task typology

abstract while task-based instruction is considered as the most effective way to learn a language in the related literature, it is oversimplified on various grounds. different variables may affect how students are engaged with not only the language but also with the task itself. the present study was conducted to investigate language and task related engagement on the basis of the task typolog...

Bilateral optic disc colobomas with orbital cysts and hypoplastic optic nerves and chiasm.

A 3-month-old boy with bilateral optic disc colobomas and orbital cysts is presented. Both eyes appeared relatively normal in size. Ultrasonography on one side demonstrated a communication between the globe and cyst by way of the optic disc coloboma. On computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, the cysts' contents were similar to vitreous. The optic nerves and chiasm appeared markedly...