title: Retinal manifestations of neurofibromatosis. Diagnosis and management.
abstract: Five patients presented with vision-threatening retinal tumors and systemic signs of neurofibromatosis, including neurofibromatosis type 1 (four patients) and familial cafe-au-lait spots (one patient). These tumors included large retinal astrocytic hamartomas, multiple retinal capillary hemangiomas, and combined hamartomas of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium, which resulted in rubeotic glaucoma, vitreous hemorrhage, and retinal detachment. Surgical therapy included retinal cryopexy, xenon and argon photocoagulation, scleral buckling, and pars plana vitrectomy with excisional retinal biopsy. Retinal tumors may result in marked visual loss in patients with neurofibromatosis, and vitreoretinal surgery may restore useful vision in some of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Retina Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Destro
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: D'Amico
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Gragoudas
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Brockhurst
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Pinnolis
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Topping
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Puliafito
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy