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Arch Ophthalmol. 2003;121:570-573.

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Cherubism is a rare fibro-osseous disease of the maxilla and mandible usually seen in childhood. Orbital manifestations are proptosis, lower eyelid retraction, and upward displacement of the globes. Previous cases of orbital cherubism with unspecified visual change have been documented.^1-2 We present a case of orbital cherubism with visual loss directly attributable to optic neuropathy and macular striae/scarring that resulted from the effect of the mass or tumor pushing on the eye of the orbital lesion.

Clinicopathogic Report

A 31-year-old hispanic woman with a known history of cherubism was referred by the Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Service to the Department of Ophthalmology for evaluation of decreased vision in her left eye. She had undergone mandibular osteoplasty 3 months earlier for treatment of facial deformity secondary to cherubism.

When we saw her (Figure 1, A), the patient complained of mildly decreased vision in her left eye, intermittent diplopia on far lateral gaze, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Corresponding author and reprints: Bryan S. Sires, MD, PhD, University of Washington, Ophthalmology, Box 356485, Seattle, WA 98195-6485 (e-mail: bsires@u.washington.edu).