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A patient with loss of vision in the right eye and neurofibromatosis type 1

Nicola Mumoli, MD, Marco Cei, MD, Carlo Bartolomei, MD and Vania Pirillo, MD

From the Department of Internal Medicine (Mumoli, Cei, Bartolomei), Ospedale Civile, Livorno, Italy, and the Department of Neurosurgery (Pirillo), University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy

Abstract: Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a common autosomal dominant condition that affects about 1 in 5000 people. We describe a 75-year-old man who, in addition to many classic developmental changes of the disease in his skin, eyes and nervous system, had blindness in his right eye as a complication.


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