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Physical Examination
• Complete neurologic examination.
• Evaluation for optic tract glioma includes neuro-ophthalmological testing, including visual fields. Subtle
changes in the tumor that may not be apparent with CT or MRI scanning can be measured in this way. Young
children may have a test called visual-evoked response for diagnosis and follow-up.
Blood and Other Tests
• Bone marrow may be analyzed for tumors that spread outside the central nervous system (medulloblastoma).
• For tumors that may spread to the spinal cord or through the cerebrospinal fluid (medulloblastoma ,
ependymoma, intracranial germ cell tumors, pineal tumors, cerebral neuroblastoma—PNET), spinal fluid
should be examined for malignant cells.
• For intracranial germ cell tumors, tumor markers including alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and human chorionic
gonadotropin (HCG) are measured in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid. The same markers are also measured in
pineal tumors to exclude the possibility of a malignant germ cell tumor.