Question

What kind of diseases can be treated in pediatric surgery, and what symptoms belong to pediatric internal medicine? How is pediatric optic nerve glioma diagnosed?

Answer

Differentiation and diagnosis of pediatric optic nerve gliomas are detailed as follows: Tumors of types I and II need to be differentiated from the following sellar region space-occupying diseases: orbital meningoencephalocele; retinoblastoma; teratoma; orbital bone fibrous dysplasia, etc. Type III tumors need to be differentiated from germ cell tumors or craniopharyngiomas.