title: Tarsal fibroma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of an isolated tarsal fibroma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report. Excisional biopsy and histopathological evaluation were performed on a solid lesion originating from the tarsal conjunctival surface of an upper eyelid.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Histopathological evaluation, including positive trichrome stains, was consistent with fibroma of the left upper tarsus. No recurrence has developed after a follow-up interval of a year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tarsal fibroma is a rare condition that should be considered in the differential diagnosis of tarsal lesions.
authors.affiliation: Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Clinch
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kostick
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Menke
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005350:Fibroma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male