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Jacob Pe'er, MD; Alexander Maly, MD; Yael Deckel, MD; Shahar Frenkel, MD, PhD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125(3):423-426.

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Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a relatively rare tumor that was originally described in the pleura. In recent years, SFTs have been described in many extrapleural sites such as the lung, mediastinum, pericardium, peritoneum, upper respiratory tract, liver, thyroid, nasal and paranasal sinuses, parotid and salivary glands, and spine and other soft tissue.^1-2 In 1994, 2 independent articles described the first cases of SFT in the orbit.^3-4 Since then, more than 50 orbital SFTs have been described in the medical literature.⁵ These include SFTs of the lacrimal gland⁶ and the lacrimal sac.⁷ Our case is the first reported case, to our knowledge, of SFT of the conjunctiva.

Report of a Case

A 29-year-old woman, a nurse by profession, complained of a lesion in the lower fornix of the right eye that existed for at least a year and that occasionally disturbed . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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