1/2. Fordyce nodules in a buccal membrane graft to the ocular surface.PURPOSE: To present a case of epibulbar Fordyce nodules, with a referral diagnosis of primary tumor. methods: Case report. RESULTS: A 38-year-old woman was referred for ocular oncology consultation because of a conjunctival lesion in the right eye. She had had a buccal mucous graft to treat recurrent pterygium 18 years earlier. The lesion consisted of multiple small, yellow granules over a pink, thickened mucosa from the 12 to 3 o'clock meridians. Excisional biopsy revealed multiple subepithelial sebaceous glands consistent with Fordyce nodules. CONCLUSIONS: Fordyce nodules are a possible late benign complication of buccal mucous grafts.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = membrane (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/2. Ectopic epibulbar Fordyce nodules in a buccal mucous membrane graft.A 70-year-old man underwent oral mucous membrane grafts to the right eye for presumed trachoma at the ages 26 and 32 years. A superior limbic mass within the site of the graft was found in 1983; the mass was composed of mature sebaceous glands compatible with the lesions called Fordyce nodules when located in the buccal mucosa. Recession of the levator aponeurosis and partial excision of the mass restored the upper eyelid's normal position, and visual acuity in this eye improved from 20/300 to 20/40.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 354.85235440423keywords = mucous membrane, membrane (Clic here for more details about this article) |