Open AccessCutaneous Neurofibroma of the Lacrimal Caruncule: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Mário Martins dos Santos Motta,
Mauro Geller,
Cesar Tavares Motta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
case reports in ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.299
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1663-2699
DOI - 10.1159/000477577
Subject(s) - neurofibroma , medicine , neurofibromatosis , lesion , neurofibromatosis type i , dermatology , pathology
We describe the case of a neurofibroma on the lacrimal caruncle of a female patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). NF1 is an autosomal dominant genetic disease with a wide variety of clinical manifestations, one of the most common of which is neurofibroma. The lesion was removed surgically under general anesthesia and sent to histopathological analysis, which confirmed the clinical diagnosis of a neurofibroma.