[The role of ocular symptoms in the diagnosis of neoplasms of the central nervous system].

Eighty four patients with a diagnosis of a neoplasm of the central nervous system were examined; full ophthalmological examination was performed in all of them. They showed pathological signs in the ocular adnexa, abnormal positioning and motility of the eyes, nystagmus, poor visual acuity, defects of the visual field, pathological changes in the anterior and posterior segment of the eye. In general--abnormal signs in the visual system were seen in 84.5 p.c. of cases comprising all of the children. In a part of cases ocular signs and symptoms were the only ones which drew attention from the side of the patient.