title: Subepidermal calcified nodules.
abstract: Subepidermal calcified nodules (SCNs) are uncommon, benign lesions usually presenting in childhood which occasionally involve the eyelids. Only a handful of cases have been reported in the ophthalmologic literature. We present 2 cases, one in a 7-year-old Hispanic boy, the other in a 13-year-old African American boy, with eyelid lesions which were clinically thought to be possible juvenile xanthogranuloma, but which on histopathologic examination showed the characteristic features of SCNs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20010-2970, USA.
authors.forename: Petros E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Carvounis
authors.forename: Mariarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santi
authors.forename: Jere B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: Marijean
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004817:Epidermis / Q000473:pathology*; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014972:Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile / Q000175:diagnosis