Ciliated respiratory-like epithelium forming cystic conjunctival lesions in a patient with Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
A woman with severe cicatricial conjunctival changes secondary to allopurinol-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome developed bilateral palpebral conjunctival cysts. Pathologic examination of these lesions revealed respiratory-like pseudostratified ciliated epithelium in the walls of several cysts of one eye. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this phenomenon.
Goodglick
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Department of Ophthalmology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
Mertz
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Wolfley
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Cavanagh
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Zimmerman
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D000368:Aged; D000493:Allopurinol / Q000009:adverse effects; D002923:Cilia / Q000473:pathology; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology*
D000493:Allopurinol