Childhood fibrous dysplasia presenting as blindness: a skull base approach for resection and immediate reconstruction

Pediatr Neurosurg. 1993 Sep-Oct;19(5):260-6. doi: 10.1159/000120742.

Abstract

Fibrous dysplasia is an abnormal fibroosseous process of bone of unknown cause. The incidence of skull involvement varies, painless enlargement being the most common presenting symptom. Change in vision is a rare but recognized finding. We report a 3-year-old boy with extreme fibrous dysplasia involving the skull base, who presented with blindness. He underwent exposure osteotomies of the frontal bones and orbits to provide access for skull base tumor removal. The orbital roofs were reconstructed with microplate-fixed cranial grafts. One and one half years after tumor excision followed by immediate reconstruction, the boy retains facial symmetry, and his ocular function has not deteriorated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blindness / diagnostic imaging
  • Blindness / etiology*
  • Blindness / surgery
  • Bone Transplantation
  • Child, Preschool
  • Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / complications*
  • Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Optic Atrophy / diagnostic imaging
  • Optic Atrophy / etiology*
  • Optic Atrophy / surgery
  • Orbital Diseases / complications*
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbital Diseases / surgery
  • Osteotomy
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Sphenoid Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Sphenoid Bone / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed