De novo growth of a capillary hemangioma of the conjunctiva
A 22-year-old woman patient, diagnosed with an inclusion cyst of the conjunctiva in the nasal sector of the left eye, who after 2 shot/needle injections in the lesion came to our clinic with a dense subconjunctival hemorrhage in four quadrants and with severe pain. After excision biopsy, a capillary...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología 2014-03, Vol.89 (3), p.127-129 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A 22-year-old woman patient, diagnosed with an inclusion cyst of the conjunctiva in the nasal sector of the left eye, who after 2 shot/needle injections in the lesion came to our clinic with a dense subconjunctival hemorrhage in four quadrants and with severe pain. After excision biopsy, a capillary hemangioma of the conjunctiva was diagnosed.
Conjunctival capillary hemangioma is mainly a benign lesion, asymptomatic and mostly congenital in origin, its progression or de novo growth is rare in adulthood. |
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ISSN: | 1989-7286 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.oftal.2012.10.010 |