[Orbital dysembryoplastic cyst at the conjunctival wall].
An 18-year-old female patient developed a mass in the superomedial angle of her left orbit. After evaluation, this tumor was surgically removed. A dysembryoplastic cyst lined with conjunctival epithelium was diagnosed by light microscopic examination. Clinical and pathological data are detailed. The characteristics of dysembryoplastic orbital cysts are reviewed.
Meyer
A
A
Service d'Ophtalmologie, Institut Curie, 26, rue d'Ulm, 75006 Paris.
Desjardins
L
L
D'hermies
F
F
Renard
G
G
D000293:Adolescent; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000473:pathology*; D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018242:Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / Q000601:surgery*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*