Secondary Glaucoma in Neurofibromatosis with Non-Pigmented Nodules of the Iris, Ectropion Uveae and Buphthalmos.

Kwak, Kong Sup; Lee, Kyoo Won

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1986;27(4):709-715.
Published online April 1, 1986.

Secondary Glaucoma in Neurofibromatosis with Non-Pigmented Nodules of the Iris, Ectropion Uveae and Buphthalmos.

Kong Sup Kwak, Kyoo Won Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, Yeungnam University, College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.

홍채결절과 포도막외반 및 안구비대를 동반한 신경섬유종증으로 인한 이차성 녹내장

이규원(Kyu Won Lee),곽공섭(Kong Seop Kwak)

Abstract

Neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen's disease) involves the eye in a great variety of clinical appearances. Secondary glaucoma with congenital ectropion uveae and mild buphthalmos in one eye and non-pigmented nodules in the iris of both eyes were observed in a 9-year-old girl with generalized neurofibromatosis. The patient also exhibited pigmented patches (cafe-au-lait spots) and multiple nodular masses of the skin. Two of the masses were excised and vitrified as plexiform neurofibroma, microscopically. This paper reports clinical, biomicroscopic, ophthalmoscopic, gonioscopic and histological findings in the patient.