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optic nerve glioma(medicine)
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frenulum epiglottidis (medicine) and optic glioma (medicine)


frenulum epiglottidis (medicine)


frenulum epiglottidis -->
median glossoepiglottic fold
<anatomy> A fold of mucous membrane in the midline that extends from the back of the tongue to the epiglottis, forming the medial boundary of the epiglottic valleculae.

Synonym: plica glossoepiglottica mediana, frenulum epiglottidis, middle glossoepiglottic fold.


optic glioma (medicine)


optic glioma
<oncology, tumour> A tumour of the optic nerve that can result in blindness to the pressure and destruction (caused by the tumour) of the optic nerve.

There is an association between optic gliomas and neurofibromatosis. Surgical excision or radiation therapy is the General coarse of treatment.