title: Treatment of recurrent conjunctival papillomatosis with mitomycin C.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report an effective treatment for recurrent squamous papillomas of the conjunctiva with excision and application of mitomycin C.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 5-year-old African-American girl with recurrent squamous papillomas of the right bulbar and palpebral conjunctiva was treated with multiple therapies, including excision, cryotherapy, and conjunctival injection of alpha-interferon; all therapies were followed by recurrence. After treatment with excision followed by intraoperative application of mitomycin C to the involved conjunctiva, the patient had no recurrence in a 30-month period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Excision with application of mitomycin C was successful in managing a case of squamous papillomatosis that was resistant to traditional therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Rush Medical College of Rush University, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Hamming
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Rubenstein
mesh_terms: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D010212:Papilloma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D019233:Retreatment
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D016685:Mitomycin