A Case of Intraepithelial Epithelioma.

Kim, Jae Chan; Lee, Hae Nyung

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1979;20(4):591-595.
Published online April 1, 1979.

A Case of Intraepithelial Epithelioma.

Jae Chan Kim, Hae Nyung Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, Chung-Ang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

각막윤부에 (角膜輪部) 발생한 상피내암종의 1예

김재찬 , 이해녕 ( Jae Chan Kim , Hae Nyung Lee )

Abstract

A case of intraepithelial epithelioma involving the corneal limbus at 3 to 9 o'clock directions spreading broadly over to the pupillary margin and bulbar conjunctiva is presented. As the intraepithelial epithelioma is one of rare tumor and it is needed to be listed for differential diagnosis with pterygium, leukoplakia, pannus and nutritional deficiency etc. The tumor mass was removed successfully by resection method and diagnosis was confirmed histopathologically.