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Pulsating orbital plexiform neurofibroma and optic nerve glioma.
- Source :
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East African medical journal [East Afr Med J] 1989 May; Vol. 66 (5), pp. 362-4. - Publication Year :
- 1989
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Abstract
- A 13-year old Nigerian boy presented with a painless swelling which had grown, over ten years, into a pulsatile monstrous deformity of the left side of the face. Histology of the excised tissue showed a plexiform neurofibroma. It manifested with cutaneous, ocular and bony features. There was also a left eye optic nerve glioma. The case is presented and used to highlight the clinicopathological manifestations of orbital plexiform neurofibroma.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0012-835X
- Volume :
- 66
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- East African medical journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 2791937