Presumed minor salivary gland secretion in a patient with a history of oral mucous membrane graft.
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.
Kitagawa
Kiyotaka
K
Department of Ophthalmology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Toyama, Japan. ophthal@ms.toyama-mpu.ac.jp
Hayasaka
Seiji
S
Matsunou
Hisao
H
Nagaki
Yasunori
Y
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