TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary basal cell carcinoma of the caruncle with seeding to the conjunctiva
AU - Østergaard, Jens
AU - Boberg-Ans, Jannik
AU - Prause, Jan Ulrik
AU - Heegaard, Steffen
PY - 2005/6
Y1 - 2005/6
N2 - BACKGROUND: To report the clinical and histopathological characteristics of a patient with a primary basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the caruncle with seeding of the tumour to the conjunctiva.METHODS: Surgical excision and histological examination.RESULTS: A 60-year-old female presented with a lesion of the caruncle. Clinical examination revealed a pale lobulated tumour without skin involvement. Computer tomography scans showed orbital invasion. The tumour was excised. Three years later a small polypoid tumour developed in the inferior fornix of the same eye. Two and a half years later, the patient developed an orbital recurrence. Microscopically, both neoplasms were composed of infiltrative islands of basaloid tumour cells, scattered mitoses and peripheral palisading consistent with the diagnosis of BCC.CONCLUSION: This case describes a primary BCC of the caruncle with seeding to the conjunctiva.
AB - BACKGROUND: To report the clinical and histopathological characteristics of a patient with a primary basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the caruncle with seeding of the tumour to the conjunctiva.METHODS: Surgical excision and histological examination.RESULTS: A 60-year-old female presented with a lesion of the caruncle. Clinical examination revealed a pale lobulated tumour without skin involvement. Computer tomography scans showed orbital invasion. The tumour was excised. Three years later a small polypoid tumour developed in the inferior fornix of the same eye. Two and a half years later, the patient developed an orbital recurrence. Microscopically, both neoplasms were composed of infiltrative islands of basaloid tumour cells, scattered mitoses and peripheral palisading consistent with the diagnosis of BCC.CONCLUSION: This case describes a primary BCC of the caruncle with seeding to the conjunctiva.
KW - Carcinoma, Basal Cell/diagnosis
KW - Conjunctival Neoplasms/diagnosis
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - Eye Neoplasms/pathology
KW - Fatal Outcome
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Lacrimal Apparatus/pathology
KW - Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases/diagnosis
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Neoplasm Metastasis
KW - Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures/methods
KW - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
U2 - 10.1007/s00417-004-1086-5
DO - 10.1007/s00417-004-1086-5
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 15614536
SN - 0721-832X
VL - 243
SP - 615
EP - 618
JO - Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie
JF - Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie
IS - 6
ER -