title: XXXV Edward Jackson Memorial Lecture. Allergic granulomatous nodules of the eyelid and conjunctiva.
abstract: Twenty-two cases of granulomas of the conjunctiva or eyelids were studied, and the clinical and pathologic features were tabled. All cases showed the histologic features of the Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon, that is a giant cell and eosinophil granulomatous reaction to an antigen-antibody precipitate originally described in relation to parasites or fungi. Seven typical cases were selected for detailed description; in four of these cases, unidentified nematodes were the cause of the condition.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D004804:Eosinophils; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000473:pathology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000473:pathology*