TY - JOUR
T1 - Conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma in the anophthalmic socket
AU - Nguyen, John
AU - Ivan, Doina
AU - Esmaeli, Bita
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - PURPOSE: To describe 2 patients in whom squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva developed in the anophthalmic socket more than 44 years after enucleation and chronic use of an ocular prosthesis. METHODS: Retrospective case reports. RESULTS: These 2 patients did not have known risk factors for squamous cell carcinoma, including solar ultraviolet radiation or exposure (since they wore their prosthesis full-time), HIV infection, chronic orbital inflammatory disease, or immune-compromising systemic disease. Both patients had an orbital exenteration and underwent a full work-up including evaluation of the regional lymph nodes and systemic work-up to rule out distant metastasis. CONCLUSIONS: Squamous cell carcinoma of the anophthalmic socket can develop many years after enucleation. Regular inspection of the anophthalmic socket containing a prosthesis to rule out conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma is prudent.
AB - PURPOSE: To describe 2 patients in whom squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva developed in the anophthalmic socket more than 44 years after enucleation and chronic use of an ocular prosthesis. METHODS: Retrospective case reports. RESULTS: These 2 patients did not have known risk factors for squamous cell carcinoma, including solar ultraviolet radiation or exposure (since they wore their prosthesis full-time), HIV infection, chronic orbital inflammatory disease, or immune-compromising systemic disease. Both patients had an orbital exenteration and underwent a full work-up including evaluation of the regional lymph nodes and systemic work-up to rule out distant metastasis. CONCLUSIONS: Squamous cell carcinoma of the anophthalmic socket can develop many years after enucleation. Regular inspection of the anophthalmic socket containing a prosthesis to rule out conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma is prudent.
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U2 - 10.1097/IOP.0b013e31816381fa
DO - 10.1097/IOP.0b013e31816381fa
M3 - Article
C2 - 18356712
AN - SCOPUS:41349102177
SN - 0740-9303
VL - 24
SP - 98
EP - 101
JO - Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 2
ER -