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A Sign of Multiple Basal Cell Nevi (Gorlin's) Syndrome

Paul T. V. M. De Jong, MD, PhD; Bart Bistervels, MD; Joan Cosgrove, FRCS, FRACS; Gertrude de Grip, MD; Anita Leys, MD; Marleen Goffin, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1985;103(12):1833-1836.

Abstract
• Four patients had Gorlin's (or basal cell nevi) syndrome and pronounced medullated nerve fibers. The medullation is an additional ophthalmic manifestation of Gorlin's syndrome, which is autosomally dominant and noted for its variable expressivity.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus University Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Drs De Jong, Bistervels, and de Grip); Moorfields Eye Hospital, London (Dr Cosgrove); and University Eye Clinic, St Rafael, Leuven, Belgium (Drs Leys and Goffin).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 2, 1985.

Reprint requests to Eye Hospital, Schiedamsevest 180, 3011 BH Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Dr De Jong).

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