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Case Study: February 2013
History
- 10 year old male
- Foreign body sensation
- On examination-some hyperaemia of the left bulbar conjunctiva
- Firm mass, beneath supero-temporal bulbar conjunctiva
- Excised
Questions
- What is seen in the figures?
- What is the diagnosis?
- What is unusual about the history?
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- Mature, compact bone
- Epibulbar osseous choristoma
- The lesion is commoner in females and rarely presents with a foreign body sensation
References
Boniuk M, Zimmerman LE. Episcleral osseous choristoma. Am J Ophthalmol. 1961: 53: 290-296.
