title: Schwannoma of the bulbar conjunctiva.
abstract: We describe a conjunctival tumor that occurred in the limbic region of the left eye in a 37-year-old man. The mass was located beneath the conjunctival epithelium. It consisted of a well-demarcated proliferation of fusiform cells arranged in bundles in a fibrous stroma. Tumor cells strongly expressed S-100 protein. On ultrastructural analysis, the tumor was composed of Schwann cells surrounded by a continuous basal lamina. These data led to the rare diagnosis of conjunctival schwannoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Medicine, Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Le Marc'hadour
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Romanet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fdili
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pèoc'h
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pinel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D009915:Orbit; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D009418:S100 Proteins