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Phakomatous choristoma is a rare congenital benign tumour in the inferomedial eyelid or orbit that is thought to be of lenticular anlage origin. We describe the MRI findings in an infant boy with histopathologically confirmed phakomatous choristoma.
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Otto, J., Sorge, I., Horn, LC. et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of a phakomatous choristoma. Pediatr Radiol 45, 1712–1715 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-015-3376-y
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