Kaposi's sarcoma of the conjunctiva

Am J Ophthalmol. 1975 Mar;79(3):420-3. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(75)90615-7.

Abstract

A 75-year-old man with known Kaposi's sarcoma of three-years' duration developed chronic hemorrhagic thickening of the conjunctiva. Biopsy demonstrated histopathologically that the conjunctiva thickening represented sarcoma involvement. Although surgically untenable, the conjunctival lesion responds satisfactorily to radiotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Conjunctiva* / pathology
  • Conjunctiva* / radiation effects
  • Eye Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Eye Neoplasms / pathology
  • Eye Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Humans
  • Leg
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Radiation Effects
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / pathology
  • Sarcoma, Kaposi / radiotherapy
  • Skin Neoplasms / complications
  • Skin Neoplasms / radiotherapy