title: An Incidental Finding of Choroidal Ganglioneuronal Hamartoma in a Patient With Neurofibromatosis Type 1.
abstract: A 42-year-old man with neurofibromatosis type 1 underwent a giant facial neurofibroma resection and enucleation of the right eye. He was found to have a diffusely thickened and cellular choroid containing individual or small clusters of large ganglion and medium-sized neuronal cells. The nomenclature of this lesion is difficult; however, the term choroidal ganglioneuronal hamartoma has been favored due to the lack of proliferative activity and diffuse nature of the lesion arguing against a neoplastic etiology. This case highlights an interesting presentation of neurofibromatosis type I.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Ophthalmology, and †Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Gordana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Juric-Sekhar
authors.forename: Desiree
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002829:Choroid / Q000473:pathology*; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis