Journal article
Congenital macronodular juvenile xanthogranuloma of the eyelid
Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.), Vol.98(8), pp.1230-1233
08/1991
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(91)32151-1
PMID: 1923358
Abstract
A large congenital eyelid mass prevented an infant from elevating his eyelid successfully. A small punch biopsy was initially interpreted as "consistent with a dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans." On the basis of this diagnosis, radical surgery was advised. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, however, rarely affects children and seldom appears in the head and neck area. Because of the discrepancy between clinical and pathologic diagnoses, additional biopsies were performed, which disclosed the lesion to be a juvenile xanthogranuloma. The mass regressed after intralesional injections of corticosteroids. This is the first clinicopathologic description of congenital macronodular juvenile xanthogranuloma affecting the eyelids. The variability in the histologic composition of this large lesion may lead to a mistaken diagnosis of an aggressive condition that may provoke unnecessary radical surgery.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Congenital macronodular juvenile xanthogranuloma of the eyelid
- Creators
- Terry L Schwartz - Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242Keith D CarterG Frank JudischJeffrey A NeradRobert Folberg
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.), Vol.98(8), pp.1230-1233
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0161-6420(91)32151-1
- PMID
- 1923358
- ISSN
- 0161-6420
- eISSN
- 1549-4713
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/1991
- Academic Unit
- Otolaryngology; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983979905902771
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