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Malignant Optic Glioma of Adulthood 34 MALIGNANT OPTIC GLIOMA OF ADULTHOOD 1 2 1 1 Pandey MK *, Mittra P , Kumar A , Yadav AK 1. Department of Medicine, Rohilkhand Medical College, Bareilly (U.P.) INDIA 2. Department of Pathology, Rohilkhand Medical College, Bareilly (U.P.) INDIA Correspondence: Dr. Manmohan Krishna Pandey. Department of Medicine, Rohilkhand Medical College, Bareilly (U.P.) INDIA Email: drmkp12@ Pandey MK, Mittra P, Kumar A, Yadav AK. Malignant optic glioma of adulthood. Case Study and Case Report 2013; 3(1): 34 - 39. ABSTRACT Optic pathway glioma is a slow growing neoplasm. Malignant optic glioma of adulthood is a very rare entity. We are describing a case of malignant optic glioma in a female presented with eight weeks history of headache and blurred vision with characteristic radiological features in MR imaging of brain. Key words: Optic glioma, optic nerve INTRODUCTION Optic pathway gliomas are slow growing neoplasms that may cause visual or neurological complications and death. Gliomas of the optic pathway are two types: ( 1) the relatively benign optic nerve glioma -occurs in pediatric population and (2) the malignant optic glioma of adulthood 1. The more common benign optic nerve glioma is considered a low grade astrocytoma 2 - 3 and is frequently associated with neurofibromatosis type 1. CASE REPORT A 26 year female was presented with a eight week history of blurred vision in both eyes with off and on headache. She was unable to sit properly on bed and maintain erect posture as she had tendency to fall. Physical examination was with in normal limit. Pupillary reflex (both direct and consensual) was nor