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Scleral infiltration in orbitotemporal plexiform neurofibromatosis
Author(s) -
Then SiewYin,
De Sousa JeanLouis,
Chandrasekharan Lekha,
Francis Ian,
Malhotra Raman
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01586.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neurofibromatosis , infiltration (hvac) , ophthalmology , pathology , physics , thermodynamics
A bstract We report a case of severe orbitotemporal plexiform neurofibromatosis with a unique observation of clinically evident scleral infiltration, without uveal involvement, in a non‐buphthalmic eye. We emphasize the importance of recognizing this before debulking surgery.