Ectopic epibulbar Fordyce nodules in a buccal mucous membrane graft.
A 70-year-old man underwent oral mucous membrane grafts to the right eye for presumed trachoma at the ages 26 and 32 years. A superior limbic mass within the site of the graft was found in 1983; the mass was composed of mature sebaceous glands compatible with the lesions called Fordyce nodules when located in the buccal mucosa. Recession of the levator aponeurosis and partial excision of the mass restored the upper eyelid's normal position, and visual acuity in this eye improved from 20/300 to 20/40.
D000368:Aged; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005588:Fox-Fordyce Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation; D013545:Sweat Glands; D014141:Trachoma / Q000601:surgery