Conjunctival myxoma, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and abnormal thickening of the inter-atrial septum: a case report and review of the literature.
OBJECTIVE
To report a 36-year-old man with a slowly growing painless bulbar conjunctival mass.


RESULTS
Following excision of the lesion, histological examination was performed and a diagnosis of myxoma was made. A cardiac echogram showed thickening of the interatrial septum. Seventeen years previously he had had Zollinger Ellison syndrome due to gastrinoma of the pancreas which was treated by surgical removal. A review of the literature shows ocular myxomas may be associated with endocrine abnormalities such as Cushing's syndrome, acromegaly, sexual precocity and cardiac myxoma.


CONCLUSIONS
In this case we report a novel association of conjunctival myxoma with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and inter-atrial septal thickening.
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Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, Edinburgh, UK.
Wharton
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Dhillon
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D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D015043:Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome / Q000150:complications*