A Case of Conjunctival Myxoma

Sang Jun Park; Min Joung Lee; Mi Sun Sung; Nam Ju Kim; Ho-Kyung Choung; Sang In Khwarg

doi:10.3341/jkos.2008.49.10.1676

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Park, Lee, Sung, Kim, Choung, and Khwarg: A Case of Conjunctival Myxoma

Original Article

J Korean Ophthalmol Soc 2008;49(10):1676-1679.

Published online: 7 September 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3341/jkos.2008.49.10.1676

A Case of Conjunctival Myxoma

Sang Jun Park, M.D.¹, Min Joung Lee, M.D.¹, Mi Sun Sung, M.D.¹, Nam Ju Kim, M.D.², Ho-Kyung Choung, M.D.³, Sang In Khwarg, M.D.^1,^4,

Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea

Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggido, Korea

Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital , Seoul, Korea

Seoul Artificial Eye Center, Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Address reprint requests to Sang In Khwarg, M.D. Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine #28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea Tel: 82-2-2072-2879, Fax: 82-2-741-3187, E-mail: khwarg@snu.ac.kr

Received 2 July 2008 Accepted 9 November 2007

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Abstract

Purpose

To report a rare case of conjunctival myxoma.

Case summary

A 40-year-old man presented with a nasal bulbar conjunctival mass in his left eye. The mass was a 12 mm×7 mm pinkish movable mass in the subconjunctival space. There was no pain and no tenderness. We diagnosed the case as lymphoma, and we performed excisional biopsy of the mass. Histopathologic examination revealed the tumor to be a myxoma.

Conclusions

When a patient presents with a pinkish, less vessel-appearing, non-pigmented and movable mass of the conjunctiva, conjunctival myxoma should be considered as a possible diagnosis.

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Keywords: Conjunctival myxoma, Myxoma

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Figure 1.

Well circumscribed, pinkish, movable, transparent subconjuctival mass on the nasal bulbar area of the left eye.

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Figure 2.

Spindle cell proliferation with reticular fiber in prominent hypovascular myxoid stroma (H&E, (A) ×100, (B) ×400).

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Figure 3.

Anterior segment photography of the same patient 6 months after surgery. Note clear conjunctiva without recurrence or complication.

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