Retinal vascular abnormalities in neurofibromatosis type 1

J Neuroophthalmol. 2003 Dec;23(4):274-5. doi: 10.1097/00041327-200312000-00008.

Abstract

Microvascular retinal abnormalities, presenting in a corkscrew configuration, have been very recently described in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1). We report one more patient with NF-1 who had distinctive corkscrew retinal vessels superior and inferior to the fovea. This patient further supports the existence of a true association between this recently described retinal finding and NF-1.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / pathology*
  • Photography
  • Retinal Vessels / pathology*
  • Venules / pathology