Progressive growth in epibulbar complex choristomas: Report of 2 cases and review of literature

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1267-1269

  Trubnik, Valerie ^a,b   Conley, Ryan ^a,b   Ritterband, David C ^a,b   Udell, Ira ^c,d   Thompson, Glenn ^a,b   Shih, Carolyn ^a,b   McCormick, Steven A ^a,b   Milman, Tatyana ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System ^*  (United States)

^d HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

choristoma; complex; epibulbar; eye; growth; limbal; oculoectodermal syndrome; progressive

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALOPECIA; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CHORISTOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIBULBAR COMPLEX CHORISTOMA; FIBROMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN APLASIA; TERATOMA; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; CHORISTOMA; COLLAGEN; EYE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; ORBITAL DISEASES;

EID: 80053626829     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31820ca654     Document Type: Review

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