Orbital cyst in a patient with Stevens-Johnson syndrome

Cornea. 1992 Nov;11(6):592-4. doi: 10.1097/00003226-199211000-00020.

Abstract

A 10-year-old girl with ocular complications of Stevens-Johnson syndrome developed a large superior orbital cyst above the right eye. When the cyst recurred after needle aspiration, it was removed surgically and the superior conjunctival fornix was replaced with a buccal mucous membrane graft. Histopathologically the lesion proved to be a clear cyst lined by nonkeratinizing epithelium compatible with conjunctival epithelium with rare goblet cells. The patient did well postoperatively. An orbital cyst is a rare ocular complication of the Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Cysts / diagnostic imaging
  • Cysts / etiology*
  • Cysts / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbital Diseases / etiology*
  • Orbital Diseases / surgery
  • Radiography
  • Recurrence
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / complications*