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Arch Ophthalmol. 2004;122:388-389.

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Schwannomas are primary neurilemmal tumors composed of proliferating Schwann cells. Schwannomas of ophthalmic interest more frequently involve the orbit than the globe, but uveal schwannomas have been reported.¹ Rare among ocular schwannomas is the conjunctival schwannoma. Seven have been described in the English-language literature, only 3 of which were located on the bulbar conjunctiva (Table 1).^2-6

Table appears in full text version. Reported Cases of Conjunctival Schwannoma

Report of a Case

A 68-year-old white man was referred for excision of a pingueculum at the 3-o'clock position of the left eye. The lesion of interest was 2.2 x 2 mm, well circumscribed, mobile, yellow, and perilimbal (Figure 1). A small pingueculum was also noted at the 9-o'clock position. The remainder of the examination results were unremarkable.

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. Left eye showing a 2.2 x 2-mm elevated, well-circumscribed, mobile, yellow, perilimbal conjunctival lesion at the 3-o'clock position.

Surgical excision of the lesion at the 3-o'clock position was performed . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Christopher M. Andreoli, MD; Mark Hatton, MD
Boston, Mass

Joseph P. Semple, MD
Middletown, Conn

Sarkis H. Soukiasian, MD
Burlington, Mass

Aaron M. Fay, MD
Boston

Corresponding author: Aaron M. Fay, MD, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114 (e-mail: Aaron_Fay@meei.harvard.edu).