Abstract
A female newborn had a cystic, whitish gray mass at the inferotemporal limbus of the left eye. At age 3 weeks, the newborn underwent excision of the tumor, corneal patch grafting, and superior sector optical iridectomy. Histopathologic and electron microscopic examination of the excised tissue revealed a choristoma consisting of cysts lined with respiratory epithelium. To our knowledge, respiratory epithelium in a limbal choristoma has not been previously reported.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1736-1739 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Archives of ophthalmology |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1990 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ophthalmology
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Young, T. L., Büch, E. R., Kaufman, L. M., Sugar, J., & Tso, M. O. M. (1990). Respiratory Epithelium in a Cystic Choristoma of the Limbus. Archives of ophthalmology, 108(12), 1736-1739. https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1990.01070140090036