A Case of Sessile Papilloma Invading the Cornea.

Kim, Hyun Tae; Lee, Je Seung; Lee, Ja Young; Chung, Sung Kun

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1999;40(1):287-292.
Published online January 1, 1999.

A Case of Sessile Papilloma Invading the Cornea.

Hyun Tae Kim, Je Seung Lee, Ja Young Lee, Sung Kun Chung

Department of Ophthalmology, St. Vincent`s Hospital, College of Medicine,The Catholic University of Korea.

각막을 침범한 고착형 유두종

김현태(Hyun Tae Kim),이제승(Ja Seung Lee),이자영(Ja Young Lee),정성근(Sung Kun Chung)

Abstract

Papilloma invading the cornea is a benign tumor which needs differential diagnosis from malignant tumor and ocular surface squamous neoplasia. A sixty three year-old Korean female visited our hospital, complaining decreased visual acuity and a recurrent symptom of conjunctival irritation for one year. On her ocular examination the visual acuity of the right eye was 1.0 and that of the left, 0.7(noncorrectable). It was also found that the ocular surface mass, lying over the temporal and superior side of bulbar conjunctiva and invading 1/3 area of the corneal surface, clinically resembled that of ocular surface squamous neoplasia. A preoperative cytologic examination showed some clusters of epithelial cells without any dysplastic cell. The final diagnosis of a sessile papilloma invading the cornea was confirmed by a pathological examination after surgical excision. We present the above case with a brief review of literature for the first time in Korea.

Key Words: Cornea;Squamous neoplasia;Sessile papilloma