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  • Title: Childhood fibrous dysplasia presenting as blindness: a skull base approach for resection and immediate reconstruction.
    Author: Posnick JC, Wells MD, Drake JM, Buncic JR, Armstrong D.
    Journal: Pediatr Neurosurg; 1993; 19(5):260-6. PubMed ID: 8398851.
    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.
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