Abstract
Purpose:
To report a patient with a tumor-like corneal keloid.
Methods:
Retrospective review of clinical features and histopathologic findings.
Results:
A 68-year-old woman with a remote history of an orbital tumor treated with radiation developed a corneal tumor. A biopsy of the tumor showed fibrocellular tissue, and her blind painful eye was enucleated. Pathologic findings in the enucleated eye showed that the corneal mass was consistent with a large keloid.
Conclusions:
A corneal keloid may clinically appear as a large corneal tumor.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Review
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Blindness / etiology
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Blindness / pathology*
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Blindness / surgery
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Cornea / radiation effects
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Corneal Diseases / etiology
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Corneal Diseases / pathology*
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Corneal Diseases / surgery
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Eye Enucleation
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Female
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Humans
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Iris / radiation effects
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Keloid / etiology
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Keloid / pathology*
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Keloid / surgery
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Lens, Crystalline / radiation effects
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Orbital Neoplasms / radiotherapy
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Radiation Injuries / etiology
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Retina / radiation effects
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Retrospective Studies