The hourglass facial deformity as a consequence of orbital irradiation for bilateral retinoblastoma

Pediatr Radiol. 1996;26(6):421-3. doi: 10.1007/BF01387319.

Abstract

We report a case illustrating characteristic facial deformities following irradiation during infancy for bilateral retinoblastoma. CT and MR imaging revealed distinctive features of the resulting "hourglass facial deformity": hypotelorism, enophthalmos, depressed temporal bones, atrophy of the temporalis muscles, and a depressed nasion. This case also displayed premature metopic craniosynostosis and frontal sinus aplasia; these may be additional hallmarks of this deformity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Eye Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Facial Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Facial Bones / growth & development
  • Facial Bones / pathology
  • Facial Bones / radiation effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / radiotherapy*
  • Orbit / radiation effects
  • Radiotherapy / adverse effects
  • Retinoblastoma / radiotherapy*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed