Histological Evidence of Optic Chiasma Glioma in the "Diencephalic Syndrome"

Diencephalic syndrome of infancy occurred in an infant in whom an optic chiasma glioma was confirmed by clinical signs and histological examination. It is, to our knowledge, the first histological examination of the optic pathways and evidence of optic chiasma glioma to be reported in this syndrome. © 1973, American Medical Association. All rights reserved.