Congenital sclerocorneal epithelial cyst.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of congenital intrascleral epithelial cyst.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
A 3-year-old boy presented with a limbal cyst noticed at birth. The cyst enlarged over the next 3 1/2 years and dissected into the cornea, compromising the visual axis. Excision of the cyst improved the patient's best-corrected visual acuity in the left eye from 20/80 to 20/30. Upon histopathology, the cyst wall was lined by conjunctival epithelium.


CONCLUSIONS
This congenital intrascleral epithelial cyst later enlarged and dissected into the cornea. We believe that the cyst developed secondary to congenital sequestration of conjunctival epithelium.
Mahmood
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King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 105100,3710@compuserve.com
Awad
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015422:Scleral Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014792:Visual Acuity