title: Case of conjunctival liposarcoma.
abstract: A case of primary conjunctival liposarcoma was reported. The patient was a 62-year-old woman who complained of swelling of the left bulbar conjunctiva. As the swelling lesion did not respond to treatment and had gradually enlarged, surgical excision was performed 18 months after her first visit. The tumor was bean-sized and was located subconjunctivally without connecting orbital tissues. Histopathological examination of the specimen revealed numerous neoplastic cells containing stellate and hyperchromatic nucleus. The cytoplasm of these cells contained vacuoles resembling lipid droplets. Signet-ring type cells were also observed. These cells were considered to be lipoblasts. The stroma was myxomatous and thin-walled vessels were observed. The present tumor was confirmed by histopathological study as myxoid liposarcoma and considered to be of bulbar conjunctiva origin. The patient showed no sign of recurrence during 16 months of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Osamura
mesh_terms: D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged