Solitary epibulbar neurofibroma in older adult patients

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Thais Shiota TanakaH Demirci

Abstract

To report a solitary epibulbar neurofibroma in 2 elderly patients without systemic neurofibromatosis. Case reports and literature review. A 67-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of left epibulbar mass. On slit-lamp examination, an 8- × 8-mm amelanotic, translucent, gelatinous, circumscribed lesion was present deep to the nasal bulbar conjunctiva. A 60-year-old otherwise healthy man presented with a 6-week history of a subconjunctival growth causing pain and photophobia in his right eye. On slit-lamp examination, an 8- × 8-mm amelanotic, translucent, gelatinous, circumscribed subconjunctival lesion, causing a delle was present near the nasal limbus. In each case, excisional biopsy was performed and histopathologic study revealed the diagnosis of neurofibroma. In both cases, after 12 months of follow-up, there was no evidence of recurrence or systemic disease. Solitary epibulbar neurofibroma in older adult patients without systemic neurofibromatosis is rare but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of epibulbar tumors.

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