In:
Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 37, No. 4 ( 2021-07), p. e148-e149
Abstract:
We present the case of a Caucasian woman with a histology-confirmed granuloma faciale of the tarsoconjunctival surface of the eyelid. A 66-year-old female patient presented with a 1-week history of painless left upper eyelid mass without history of allergy, trauma, or ocular surgery. There was an elevated well-demarcated flesh-colored lesion within the tarsus. Diagnosis was confirmed by history of wedge biopsy, which demonstrated a mixed inflammatory cell infiltrate on a background of fibrosis with subtle focal leucocytoclasis. The lesion was fully excised without evidence of recurrence at follow up. Granuloma faciale is a rare disease often misdiagnosed clinically. Our case report is the first-documented granuloma faciale on the tarsoconjunctival surface of the eyelid and could suggest alternative pathogenesis in granuloma faciale development. Awareness of granuloma faciale as a nonmalignant for differential for tarsal lesions is important for treating clinicians.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0740-9303
DOI:
10.1097/IOP.0000000000001938
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2021
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2070654-6
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