Age range was 3-80 years
old, mostly between 31-40 year and 51-60 year. Male: female were 62:50. The
patients came from nine provinces in the North; the majority were from Lampang.
Among the patients, sixty seven were primary brain tumor, Twenty
eight were metastatic brain tumor and seventeen were unknown (the patients
expired before the definite diagnosis, and the patients who refused operation
) In one-hundred and twelve patients, thirty-two (28.6%)came with ocular symptoms
which papilledema was the most common (13.4%) and optic atrophy was the second
common (7.1%). Most common visual acuity at initial examination was count
finger to hand motion and no light perception.
It is suggested that the
patients who compliant of headache and blurred vision should be examined cautiously
and rain tumor should be done. Among the patients with no light perception
vision we should examine in detail to discover underlying disease that cause
optic atrophy, to let them live with happiness even without vision.