title: Pyogenic granuloma of the cornea after penetrating keratoplasty.
abstract: An 81-year-old man with metastatic prostate carcinoma underwent a penetrating keratoplasty for phlyctenular keratitis. Two years later he developed a fleshy, vascular mass in the superotemporal corneal graft wound, at the site of prior graft sutures. An excisional biopsy of the mass was performed to rule out metastatic carcinoma. Histopathological findings were consistent with pyogenic granuloma. To our knowledge there have been no prior case reports illustrating pyogenic granuloma as a late complication of penetrating keratoplasty.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Potter
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Tardio
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shields
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015948:Keratoplasty, Penetrating / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000473:pathology; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D013492:Suppuration