Asymmetric Inferior Predilection of Lisch Nodules With Unilateral Ptosis

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Title Asymmetric Inferior Predilection of Lisch Nodules With Unilateral Ptosis
Creator Robert A. Egan
Affiliation Departments of Neurology and Ophthalmology, MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, Spokane, Washington
Abstract Lisch nodules are melanocytic hamartomas that have been hypothesized to grow larger in the presence of sunlight. A 17-year-old boy with neurofibromatosis Type 1 and congenital ptosis in one eye presented and was found to have a distinct asymmetry of Lisch nodules between eyes with less under the ptotic lid. This case supports the theory that Lisch nodules form at least partially due to a direct trophic effect of sunlight.
Subject Adolescent; Blepharoptosis / complications; Blepharoptosis / congenital; Eye Diseases / complications; Hamartoma / complications; Humans; Male; Neurofibromatosis 1 / complications
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Date 2020-03
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Source Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, March 2020, Volume 40, Issue 1
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
ARK ark:/87278/s6b33mnr
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 1653454
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b33mnr
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