Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the conjunctiva

J Pe'er; S Levinger; M Ilsar; H Climenhaga; E Okon

doi:10.1136/bjo.74.10.624

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the conjunctiva

Br J Ophthalmol. 1990 Oct;74(10):624-8. doi: 10.1136/bjo.74.10.624.

Authors

J Pe'er¹, S Levinger, M Ilsar, H Climenhaga, E Okon

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

Abstract

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of the conjunctiva is an extremely rare tumour, and only three previous cases have been reported. We describe two patients with MFH of the conjunctiva: a 58-year-old white male with epibulbar tumour who had exenteration and is alive after five years' follow-up, and a 3 1/2-year-old African girl with xeroderma pigmentosum and an MFH of her right eye conjunctiva, the first reported case of this association. The characteristics and the methods of diagnosis of MFH are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Conjunctival Neoplasms / complications
Conjunctival Neoplasms / diagnosis
Conjunctival Neoplasms / pathology*
Eye Enucleation
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / complications
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / diagnosis
Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / pathology*
Humans
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Keratins / metabolism
Lysosomes / metabolism
Male
Middle Aged
S100 Proteins / metabolism
Vimentin / metabolism
Xeroderma Pigmentosum / complications

Substances

S100 Proteins
Vimentin
Keratins