Escleroqueratitis y carcinoma escamoso conjuntival invasivo
- A. Arteaga-Sánchez
- N. Toledano-Fernández
- D. Díaz-Valle
- M.J. Fernández-Aceñero
- M. Hijós-Gastón
ISSN: 0365-6691
Any de publicació: 2007
Volum: 82
Número: 4
Pàgines: 237-240
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia
Resum
Purpose/methods: To describe one case of invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva in a 74-year-old woman, who two years previously had presented with a lesion which appeared to be an anterior nodular scleritis. Results/conclusions: An anterior nodular scleritis, which did not respond to therapy, preceded the development of a squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva adjacent to it. In our patient, the conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma could have masqueraded as a scleritis, delaying the correct diagnosis and allowing orbital spread of the tumor. A diagnosis of neoplasia must be considered when a scleritis shows an atypical appearance or does not respond to the usual therapy.
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