title: Lenticular fibroxanthomatous nodule.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe two patients with unique lenticular nodular proliferations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational case reports.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical histories and pathologic findings of two patients with lenticular nodular proliferations were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One patient with persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous and another patient with trauma developed lenticular nodular proliferations. The nodules were vascularized collections of foamy histiocytes, multinucleated cells, lens capsule, and lens epithelium that had undergone fibrous metaplasia. The lesions were classified as lenticular fibroxanthomatous nodules.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A lenticular fibroxanthomatous nodule is a unique clinicopathologic entity that should be differentiated from Soemmerring ring, Elschnig pearl, and other simulating entities such as juvenile xanthogranuloma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Seok J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jun X
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Aaberg
authors.forename: Hans E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Grossniklaus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007905:Lens Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male