title: Presumed minor salivary gland secretion in a patient with a history of oral mucous membrane graft.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe presumed minor salivary gland secretion in a patient with a history of oral mucous membrane graft in conjunctival plastic surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 74-year-old woman who had had an oral mucous membrane graft in the left eye complained of mucous discharge. Slit-lamp examination revealed a yellowish-red mass lesion in the superior bulbar conjunctiva.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The lesion was excised. Histopathologic examination of the excised tissue revealed lobules and a duct of minor salivary glands. After removal of the mass, mucous discharge decreased.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Minor salivary glands within a mucous membrane graft may cause mucous discharge in the eye.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Toyama, Japan. ophthal@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kiyotaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayasaka
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsunou
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagaki
mesh_terms: D003229:Conjunctival Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism / Q000637:transplantation*; D009093:Mucus / Q000378:metabolism*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery