Isolated bilateral orbital neurofibromatosis in a twelve-year-old

• Published in: British journal of plastic surgery Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 162 - 164
• Main Authors: Earley, Michael John, Moriarty, Paul, Yap, Lok Huei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2001; Elsevier
• Subjects: bilateral orbital neurofibromatosis; Biological and medical sciences; Blepharoptosis - diagnostic imaging; Blepharoptosis - etiology; Blepharoptosis - surgery; Child; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Neurofibroma, Plexiform - complications; Neurofibroma, Plexiform - diagnostic imaging; Neurofibroma, Plexiform - surgery; Ophthalmology; Orbit diseases; Orbital Neoplasms - complications; Orbital Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Orbital Neoplasms - surgery; surgical treatment; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Treatment Outcome; bilateral orbital neurofibromatosis; surgical treatment; Human; Skin disease; Nervous system diseases; Phacomatosis; Radiodiagnosis; Orbit(eye) disease; Bilateral; Male; Orbit(eye); Neurofibromatosis Recklinghausen; Genetic disease; Case study; Eye disease; Treatment; Surgery; Medical imagery; Computerized axial tomography; Benign neoplasm; Diagnosis; Technique; Child
• ISSN: 0007-1226; 1465-3087
• DOI: 10.1054/bjps.2000.3512

A patient with bilateral orbital neurofibromatosis is described. This patient had no other dysmorphic features and no systemic stigmata indicative of Von Recklinghausen's disease or endocrine syndromes. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature of isolated bilateral orbital neurofibromatosis in an otherwise normal patient.