Supernumerary Lacrimal Caruncle: A Case Series. Issue 3 (May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Slentz, Dane H.; Elner, Victor M.; Hassan, Adam S.; Nelson, Christine C.
• Is Part Of: Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery. Volume 36:Issue 3(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-05
• Subjects: Eye -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Ophthalmic plastic surgery -- Periodicals; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures -- Periodicals; Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures -- Periodicals; Ophthalmology -- Periodicals; Surgery -- Periodicals; 617.70592
• DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000001584
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0740-9303

Abstract

Abstract : A 12-year-old boy and 63-year-old woman were incidentally found to have a solitary, well-defined, raised, ovoid lesion involving the inferomedial palpebral conjunctiva. Both lesions were separate from the lacrimal caruncle with normal conjunctiva surrounding the lesions. Excisional biopsies were consistent with caruncular tissue. In the English literature, supernumerary lacrimal caruncle has only been previously described in adults despite the congenital nature of the lesion. Abstract : To describe a case series of 2 patients with clinical and histopathologic evidence of supernumerary lacrimal caruncle, including the only known instance of this congenital anomaly described in a child in the English literature.