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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.
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Yue, N.C., Benson, M.L. The hourglass facial deformity as a consequence of orbital irradiation for bilateral retinoblastoma. Pediatr Radiol 26, 421–423 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01387319
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