“The scan revealed a meningioma, a tumor in a rare and dangerous location near my brain stem and left optic nerve. “I was in ...

In addition, they showed that a different strain of NF1 mice—one that does not normally develop brain tumors—formed optic gliomas after either optic nerve injury or traumatic brain injury.

Optic glioma. This tumor of the optic nerve (nerve from the eye to the brain) emerges in early childhood in about 15% of children with NF1. This tumor sometimes causes bulging of the eye and/or loss ...

There is a close connection between the eye and the brain. The retina and the optic nerve are important components of the central nervous system (CNS). Moreover, about 50% of our brain is involved in ...

In Jakai’s case, the disease has developed into a tumor near his eye ... is the location because his eye is connected to the optic nerve in his brain,” said Jakai’s mother, Denise Carlton.

This includes abnormal eye movement, blepharospasm, brain tumors, double vision, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, optic nerve disease, stroke affecting vision and thyroid eye disease. Dr. Kline ...