A 10-year-old schoolgirl had her life saved by a routine eye test which showed a tumour the size of a GOLF BALL pressing against her brain. Lauren Uncles went to her local opticians to get some prescription sunglasses for a family holiday in Cornwall on August 21. But during her eye exam optometrist David Strachan spotted swelling behind her optic nerve. Little Lauren was then rushed from her local Specsavers branch in Burton-on-Trent, Staffs., to nearby Queen's Hospital for further tests. They revealed she had a rare cranial fibroma - a cancer which grows inside the eye - which can be deadly if left untreated and cause complete blindness within days. The next day she was taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital where she underwent a major operation to remove the tumour by draining 40ml of fluid from her brain.
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