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Buphthalmos and progressive elephantiasis in neurofibromatosis. A report of three cases
A M Bardelli1, T Hadjistilianou
1Department of Pediatric Opthalmology, Institute of Ophthalmological Sciences, Siena, Italy.
Ophthalmic Paediatrics and Genetics
|December 1, 1989
Abstract:
Two cases of buphthalmos and regional gigantism in peripheral neurofibromatosis (Von Recklinghausen disease) are described. The ocular hypertension was detected at birth and thereafter the facial hemihypertrophy, café-au-lait spots and neurofibromas. One case presented a progressive facial elephantiasis without buphthalmos. The evolution in neurofibromatous elephantiasis of these three cases is discussed.