Superficial adnexal lymphangioma

Orbit. 2005 Jun;24(2):141-3. doi: 10.1080/01676830590926549.

Abstract

An 11-year old girl presented with a painless fleshy lesion involving the plica, caruncle and medial bulbar and palpebral conjnctiva of the right eye since birth. The patient underwent debulking and cryotherapy. Biopsy showed lymphatic vessels lined with one flattened layer of endothelial cells devoid of smooth muscles or pericytes. Most of the lumens contained pink amorphous lymph with lymphoid aggregates.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Conjunctival Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Conjunctival Neoplasms / surgery
  • Eye Neoplasms / pathology
  • Eye Neoplasms / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphangioma / pathology*
  • Lymphangioma / surgery
  • Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures