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Arch Ophthalmol. 2003;121:118-119.

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Keratoacanthoma, a benign epithelial tumor that grows rapidly and shows spontaneous regression, has a characteristic central crater filled with keratin. Keratoacanthomas arise most commonly in sun-exposed skin and only rarely in mucosa.¹ The few reported cases of conjunctival keratoacanthoma have occurred mostly in whites.² Here we describe what we believe to be the second reported Asian case of conjunctival keratoacanthoma.

Report of a Case

On January 3, 2001, a 39-year-old Japanese man noted hyperemia of the right bulbar conjunctiva associated with a foreign-body sensation. One week later he consulted an ophthalmologist because the hyperemic bulbar lesion had become elevated. He was diagnosed as having phlyctenular conjunctivitis and was treated with topical 0.1% dexamethasone and antibiotic eyedrops. This limbal lesion continued to grow and on February 5, 2001, the patient was referred to the Department of Ophthalmology at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

His corrected visual acuity was 20/20 OU. Slitlamp examination of the right eye . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Corresponding author and reprints: Hiroshi Yoshikawa, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyusyu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan (e-mail: yossy@med.kyushu-u.ac.jp).