title: Peripheral retinal ischemia in a young Indian woman with neurofibromatosis type 1.
abstract: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease characterized by café-au-lait spots, neurofibromas, axillary freckling, Lisch nodules of iris, gliomas and various systemic vascular ischemic manifestations mainly in the aorta, brain and kidney. Retinal vascular manifestations in patients with NF-1 are usually representative of retinal capillary hemangiomatosis. Few cases of NF-1 with retinal vascular occlusive disease have been described. We describe a young Indian woman with NF-1 with unilateral peripheral retinal ischemia but no vascular abnormality at the posterior pole.
authors.affiliation: Guru Nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Anisha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seth
authors.affiliation: Guru Nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Basudeb
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.affiliation: Guru Nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Anika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Guru Nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goel
keywords: Café-au-lait spots; Neurofibromatosis-1; Peripheral retinal ischemia