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Case Study: December 2009
A 25 year-old male presented with bilateral bulbar conjunctival gelatinous lesions, hidden under the lower lids. The patient had asthma. No retroviral diseases. No medications.
Figure 1 shows histology of one of the gelatinous lesions.
Figure 2 shows the stroma underlying the lesion in Figure 1.
Questions
1. What does Figure 1 illustrate?
2. What is seen in Figure 2
3. What is unusual about the history?
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- Conjunctival in-situ squamous carcinoma (CIN 3)
- Eosinophils
- Young age for presentation of ocular surface squamous neoplasia, bilateral and not sun exposed (under lower lids).
References
Conjunctival intra-epithelial neoplasia occurring in young patients with asthma. Rundle P, Mudhar HS, Rennie I. Eye (Lond). 2009 Dec 4.
