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Anterior High-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography in the Diagnosis and Therapeutic Monitoring of Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia
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Atypical presentation of a periocular neurofibroma
Audrey E Ahuero1, Peter A Herreid, Bryan S Sires
1Allure Laser Center and Medispa, Kirkland, Washington 98033, U.S.A. audreyahuero@yahoo.com
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|October 7, 2010
Abstract:
Neurofibromas of the eyelid are a well-recognized manifestation of neurofibromatosis. Several different presentations have been described. The authors present a case of a 52-year-old man with an unusual eyelid neurofibroma that presented as sudden vision loss from obstruction secondary to prolapse of the palpebral conjunctiva.
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