title: Conjunctival involvement of lymphomatoid granulomatosis.
abstract: Lymphomatoid granulomatosis is an angiocentric and angiodestructive lympho-proliferative disorder involving multisystems but rarely conjunctiva. We present a 62-year-old Chinese female with lymphomatoid granulomatosis who had an ulcerative conjunctival nodule. Conjunctival biopsy revealed pathological findings important for diagnosis and indicating progression of disease severity. To our knowledge, this is the first report to demonstrate pathological findings characteristic of lymphomatoid granulomatosis with conjunctival involvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008230:Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic