Fordyce nodules in a buccal membrane graft to the ocular surface.
OBJECTIVE
To present a case of epibulbar Fordyce nodules, with a referral diagnosis of primary tumor.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
A 38-year-old woman was referred for ocular oncology consultation because of a conjunctival lesion in the right eye. She had had a buccal mucous graft to treat recurrent pterygium 18 years earlier. The lesion consisted of multiple small, yellow granules over a pink, thickened mucosa from the 12 to 3 o'clock meridians. Excisional biopsy revealed multiple subepithelial sebaceous glands consistent with Fordyce nodules.


CONCLUSIONS
Fordyce nodules are a possible late benign complication of buccal mucous grafts.
Marback
Eduardo F
EF
Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, Paulista School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
Gonzaga
Renato L
RL
Rigueiro
Moacyr P
MP
Martins
Maria C
MC
Erwenne
Clélia M
CM
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005588:Fox-Fordyce Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation*; D011625:Pterygium / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012627:Sebaceous Glands / Q000473:pathology*