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Optic Nerve Glioma
An optic nerve glioma is a tumor that grows from the support cells of the optic pathway, which is the “wire” that carries visual...
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Noonan syndrome
Noonan syndrome is a genetic condition. It affects many parts of the body. It changes how a child grows and develops. It often causes...
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Neurofibromatosis
Neurofibromatosis is a group of genetic conditions. In these conditions, small mistakes in certain genes make cells in nerves grow in the wrong way....
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Neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma is a cancer that starts in very young nerve cells. These young nerve cells are called “neuroblasts.” They are baby cells of the...
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Ganglioglioma
A ganglioglioma is a rare brain or spinal cord tumor. It has two parts in the same lump. One part is made of nerve...
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Choroid Plexus Papilloma (CPP)
Choroid plexus papilloma (CPP) is a rare, usually benign (non-cancer) brain tumor that starts in the choroid plexus, the spongy tissue inside the brain’s...
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Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma (PMA)
Pilomyxoid astrocytoma is a rare brain tumor that starts from star-shaped support cells in the brain called astrocytes. Doctors first recognized it as a...
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Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC)
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare but very aggressive skin cancer that starts in the top layer of the skin. Under the microscope...
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Medulloepithelioma
Medulloepithelioma is a very rare eye tumor that starts from the non-pigmented ciliary epithelium—a thin inner lining in the front part of the eye...
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Malignant Optic Glioma
Malignant optic glioma is a cancer of the optic pathway (the cable system that carries visual signals from the eyes to the brain). In...
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Malignant Melanoma of the Eyelid
Malignant melanoma of the eyelid is a dangerous skin cancer that starts in pigment-making cells (melanocytes) located in the thin skin of the upper...
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Lacrimal Sac Tumors
Your tear system is a small plumbing network. Tears flow from the eye corners through two tiny holes (puncta), into short channels (canaliculi), down...
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Lacrimal Sac Papilloma
A lacrimal sac papilloma is a papilloma that grows from the lining of the tear drainage sac. The sac lining is “respiratory-type” mucosa (similar...
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Lacrimal Gland Tumors
The lacrimal gland is the tear-making gland. You have one above each eye, tucked into the outer (temporal) corner of the upper eyelid. It...
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Circumscribed Choroidal Hemangioma
A circumscribed choroidal hemangioma is a benign (non-cancerous) blood-vessel tumor that grows inside the choroid, the spongy, vascular layer underneath your retina (the “film”...
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Diffuse Choroidal Hemangioma (DCH)
Diffuse choroidal hemangioma is a birth-related (congenital) cluster of extra blood vessels inside the choroid, which is the thin, spongy, reddish layer of tissue...
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Retinal Vasoproliferative Tumor
Retinal vasoproliferative tumor (often shortened to VPT) is a rare, usually benign (non-cancer) lump that grows in the peripheral retina (the outer edge of...
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Retinal Vasoproliferative Tumor (VPT)
A choroidal vasoproliferative tumor—more commonly called a retinal vasoproliferative tumor (VPT)—is a benign (non-cancer) lump made mostly of new blood vessels and support cells...
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Retinal Angioma
A retinal angioma, also known as a retinal capillary hemangioma, is a rare, non-cancerous (benign) growth made up of extra blood vessels in the...
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Racemose Hemangioma
A racemose hemangioma (RH) is a fast-flow vascular malformation, not a true tumor. Doctors also call it a retinal or iris arteriovenous malformation (AVM)...
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