|  | | Orbital Tumors - Neurofibroma |
| General - most common nerve sheath tumor
- hamartoma of endoneural fibroblasts, Schwann cells, axons
- localized
- present in early to middle age
- like schwannomas, 10% have NF1
Imaging - not encapsulated but cannot tell from imaging
Pathology Surgery - can be multiple, plexiform (diffuse)
- remove by superior orbitotomy, can undergo malignant transformation
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