title: Traumatic neuroma of the eyelid associated with ptosis.
abstract: A 17-year-old boy presented with persistent swelling and ptosis of the eyelid after blunt injury. Histologic examination revealed a clinically unsuspected traumatic neuroma. Ptosis and the traumatic neuroma persisted despite two eyelid operations. Traumatic neuroma is rare after blunt trauma; it has not been previously reported in the eyelid. It is important to identify this lesion because complete excision may help to prevent recurrence.
authors: Department of Pathology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA Medical Center 90024.
authors: B J
authors: BJ
authors: Glasgow
authors: H V
authors: HV
authors: Vinters
authors: R Y
authors: RY
authors: Foos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009463:Neuroma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*