title: Juvenile xanthogranuloma of the corneoscleral limbus.
abstract: A 10-year-old boy had a slowly enlarging left limbal mass, extending into the corneal stroma, but not into the anterior chamber. The lesion was excised by lamellar sclerokeratectomy and subsequently confirmed histopathologically as a juvenile xanthogranuloma. Though rare, juvenile xanthogranuloma of the corneoscleral limbus should be considered in the differential diagnosis of limbal mass lesions extending into the cornea. Total resection is usually curative.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610-0284.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Driebe
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Hamed
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Margo
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016850:Limbus Corneae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D015422:Scleral Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014972:Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*