title: Idiopathic conjunctival granulomas.
abstract: A 12-year-old white boy presented with a 1-year history of intermittent bilateral follicular conjunctivitis with yellowish bulbar and limbal nodules and few symptoms. Histopathological examination of conjunctival biopsy specimens showed non-caseating epithelioid cell granulomas with giant cell formation. The lesions partially responded to therapy with topical corticosteroids but persisted for another 4 years and then gradually cleared over the next 5 years. A systemic investigation failed to disclose a specific cause. At the time of writing, the nodules had completely resolved and no associated systemic disease had developed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, PQ.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brownstein
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fichman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003907:Dexamethasone