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REPORT OF A CASE

A. LLOYD MORGAN, M.B.

Arch Ophthal. 1936;16(3):472-475.

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Various textbooks of pathology¹ state that a spindle cell sarcoma may originate in almost any situation in which there is connective tissue, such as the subcutaneous and submucous tissues, fasciae, muscles, periosteum and framework of organs. Fuchs² mentioned fibroma as among the very rare tumors of the lids. Therefore, it is thought that this case might prove of interest for two reasons: first, because of the unique location of the tumor and, second, because in the early stages the growth simulated chronic conjunctivitis and blepharitis.

REPORT OF CASE

History.—B. D., a boy aged 9 years, was admitted to the Hospital for Sick Children, with the complaint that three months before admission his right lower lid began to swell and redden. There had been no previous injury or inflammation. The family physician treated the condition as conjunctivitis, and when no improvement was noted he scraped some . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
TORONTO, CANADA

From the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, and the Hospital for Sick Children.

Footnotes
Read before the Section of Ophthalmology, Academy of Medicine, Toronto, Canada, Jan. 13, 1936.

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