title: Epibulbar nodular fasciitis associated with floppy eyelids.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of epibulbar nodular fasciitis in a patient with floppy eyelids.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational case report. Clinical, histologic, and immunohistochemical findings in a patient who underwent excision of a subconjunctival mass.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The clinical examination revealed floppy eyelids and an epibulbar mass in the right eye. The histopathology from an excisional biopsy of the mass was consistent with nodular fasciitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nodular fasciitis is a rare, benign, soft-tissue tumor that has not been previously reported in association with floppy eyelids. The cause of both disorders is thought to be repetitive trauma, suggesting that eye rubbing may be a common underlying etiology.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Pathogenesis of Eye Infection Research Center, Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
authors.forename: Donald U
authors.initials: DU
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chodosh
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology*; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged