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tomur in the back eye

my 19 year brother was diagnosed with having a tumor behind his eye. they said that its gonna coz blinding about 15 year and its not killing but cause blinding.  is ther is any Treatment without causing blindness plz i need your help we are living in misery its a disaster for us
thanks alot for your care
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please i need an answer  for my brothers problem 19year old we live in sweden
he diagnosed by optic nerve sheath meningiomas  
which option we have?
is it curable?
please answer me i really need to know what we have to do what is the best thing to do
thank u very much


lanja
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hi
please i need to know if its curable or not?

we need to know what we have to do ?

which choice we have?
thanks


lanja
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he is diagnosed by Optic nerve sheath meningiomas. they said that he gonna be blind after 15 year.
we need to know if there is a treatment that make sure that he will not gonna be blind

thank you very much for replay

lanja
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It is hard to comment without knowing what type of tumor.  Is it in the optic nerve (glioma), orbit, or in the brain.  Please have him get a second opinion.

Dr. O.
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