A brave pageant queen is urging people to attend regular eye tests after one flagged a deadly brain tumour that was silently growing for 10 years.

The tumour is now in my ear canal ... found the optic nerves were four times the size they should be. "The optician gave me a letter and said I need to go to A&E now and get a CT and MRI scan.

Holly still lives with the worrying mass near her ear canal ... optic nerves were four times the size they should be. "The optician gave me a letter and said I need to go to A&E now and get a CT ...

Holly Worswick's routine eye check revealed a grapefruit-sized mass on her brain, leading to a long battle for survival ...

Neuroimaging, either MRI or CT or MRI, must exclude hydrocephalus ... Anatomical variations in the optic canal diameter are seen even within the same patient leading to asymmetrical papilloedema which ...

The low-flying drones are tied to the ground via thin fiber-optic cables that unwind as the drone flies farther from the controller. Unlike radio-controlled drones, fiber-optic drones cannot be ...

Traumatic optic neuropathy is visual loss caused by trauma to the optic nerve. Injuries, classified as direct or indirect, are also characterized by location. Intracanalicular optic nerve injury ...

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