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Structure of Lisch nodules in neurofibromatosis type 1
T H Williamson1, A Garner, A T Moore
1Tennent Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK.
Ophthalmic Paediatrics and Genetics
|March 1, 1991
Abstract:
Postmortem examination of the eyes of a patient with neurofibromatosis Type I was performed by light and electronmicroscopy. Lisch nodules were examined and found to consist of a condensation of spindle cells on the anterior iris surface. When nodules were pigmented an underlying stromal naevus was present. Lisch nodules are confirmed as being of melanocytic origin.