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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2018; 28(01): 111-114
DOI: 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_203_17
Paediatric Imaging

Orphan disease: Cherubism, optic atrophy, and short stature

Balaji Jeevanandham
Department of Radiology, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Rajoo Ramachandran
Department of Radiology, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Vignesh Dhanapal
Department of Radiology, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Ilanchezhian Subramanian
Department of Radiology, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Venkata Sai
Department of Radiology, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Abstract

A 12-year-old female presented with complaints of progressive visual impairment in both her eyes. On clinical examination, she was short for her age and her ophthalmoscopic examination revealed bilateral optic atrophy. Computed tomography of the patient revealed multiple expansile lytic lesions of mandible suggesting cherubism. The optic atrophy was confirmed on magnetic resonance imaging, which additionally revealed bilateral retrocerebellar arachnoid cysts. This association of cherubism with optic atrophy and short stature was grouped as orphan disease by National Institutes of Health and only one case was reported in the literature so far.



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Article published online:
26 July 2021

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