title: Orbital cyst in a patient with Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
abstract: A 10-year-old girl with ocular complications of Stevens-Johnson syndrome developed a large superior orbital cyst above the right eye. When the cyst recurred after needle aspiration, it was removed surgically and the superior conjunctival fornix was replaced with a buccal mucous membrane graft. Histopathologically the lesion proved to be a clear cyst lined by nonkeratinizing epithelium compatible with conjunctival epithelium with rare goblet cells. The patient did well postoperatively. An orbital cyst is a rare ocular complication of the Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
authors: Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
authors: V N
authors: VN
authors: Desai
authors: C L
authors: CL
authors: Shields
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Shields
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000150:complications*