title: Ciliated respiratory-like epithelium forming cystic conjunctival lesions in a patient with Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Goodglick
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mertz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wolfley
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Cavanagh
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000493:Allopurinol