Karl Lisch - bibliography

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Biography

Austrian ophthalmologist, born July 24, 1907, Kirchbichl, North Tyrol; died February 5, 1999, Tyrol.

Bibliography

  • S. Snell, E. Treacher Collins:
    Plexiform neuroma (elephantiasis neuromatosis) of temporal region, orbit, eyelid and eyeball. Notes of three cases.
    Transactions of the Ophthalmological Societies of the United Kingdom, London, 1903, 23: 157-177.
    Probably the first cases reported of true Lisch' nodules.
  • E. Fuchs:
    Naevus pigmentosus und Naevus vasculosus der Iris.
    Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur Ophthalmologie, 1913, 86: 155-169.
  • I. Goldstein, D. Wexler:
    Melanosis uveae and melanoma of the iris in neurofibromatosis (Recklinghausen).
    Archives of Ophthalmology, Chicago, 1930, 3: 288-296.
  • J. Van der Hoeve:
    The Doyne Memorial Lecture. Eye Symptoms in phakomatoses.
    Transactions of the Ophthalmological Societies of the United Kingdom, London, 1932, 52: 380-401.
  • T. Sakurai:
    Multiple neurofibroma patient showing multiple flecks on the anterior surface of the iris.
    Acta Societatis ophthalmologicae Japonicae, Tokyo, 1935, 39:87-93.
  • K. Lisch:
    Ueber Beteiligung der Augen, insbesondere das Vorkommen von Irisknotchen bei der Neurofibromatose (Recklinghausen).
    Zeitschrift für Augenheilkunde, Basel, 1937, 93: 137-143.
  • K. Lisch:
    Die vier Phakomatosen.
    Münchener medizinische Wochenschrift, München, 1942, 25: 564-566.
  • Richard A. Lewis, Vincent M Riccardi:
    Von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis: Incidence of iris hamartomata.
    Ophthalmology, Philadelphia, 1981, 88: 348-354.
  • Arun D. Singh:
    Karl Lisch, MD: Remembered July 24, 1907 - February 5, 1999.
    Ophthalmic Genetics, 2000, 21 (2): 129-131.

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