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/s67t3c5w
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 1592839
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67t3c5w
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