Giant pseudocyst formation associated with chronic corneal edema.
A 39-year-old man with a 3-week history of an enlarging mass protruding from his right cornea is presented. Clinical and pathologic findings were compatible with a large corneal pseudocyst. Causes of corneal cyst and pseudocyst formation, as well as a proposed mechanism for the giant pseudocyst formation presented here, are discussed.
Wilbanks
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Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, Toronto Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Boerner
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Smith
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Rootman
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015715:Corneal Edema / Q000150:complications*; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male