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Identifying brain tumours
The importance of testing colour vision in identifying brain tumours in children
BMJ 2013; 347 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f6600 (Published 06 November 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;347:f6600
- Ilias Georgalas, assistant professor1,
- Dionisis Pagoulatos, ophthalmologist1,
- Alexandros Rouvas, ophthalmologist1,
- Chryssanthi Koutsandrea, associate professor1
- 1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- igeorgalas{at}yahoo.com
We would like to add some useful information for paediatricians and GPs to supplement Wilne and colleagues’ comprehensive review of brain tumours in children and young adults.1
Firstly, when a brain tumour is suspected, funduscopy is mandatory because optic disc oedema may be the first and only sign of raised intracranial pressure. …