Solitary epibulbar neurofibroma in older adult patients
| Autor: | Thais Shiota Tanaka, Hakan Demirci, Victor M. Elner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Systemic disease Photophobia Microscopy Acoustic Conjunctival Neoplasms Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures Lesion Biopsy Medicine Neurofibroma Humans Neurofibromatosis Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Dermatology eye diseases Ophthalmology sense organs medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis business Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedure |
| Zdroj: | Cornea. 34(4) |
| ISSN: | 1536-4798 |
| Popis: | Purpose To report a solitary epibulbar neurofibroma in 2 elderly patients without systemic neurofibromatosis. Methods Case reports and literature review. Results A 67-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of left epibulbar mass. On slit-lamp examination, an 8- × 8-mm amelanotic, translucent, gelatinous, circumscribed lesion was present deep to the nasal bulbar conjunctiva. A 60-year-old otherwise healthy man presented with a 6-week history of a subconjunctival growth causing pain and photophobia in his right eye. On slit-lamp examination, an 8- × 8-mm amelanotic, translucent, gelatinous, circumscribed subconjunctival lesion, causing a delle was present near the nasal limbus. In each case, excisional biopsy was performed and histopathologic study revealed the diagnosis of neurofibroma. In both cases, after 12 months of follow-up, there was no evidence of recurrence or systemic disease. Conclusions Solitary epibulbar neurofibroma in older adult patients without systemic neurofibromatosis is rare but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of epibulbar tumors. |
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