Sebaceous adenoma of the bulbar conjunctiva in association with glioblastoma multiforme and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a patient with a sebaceous adenoma of the bulbar conjunctiva, a distinctly unusual site for this tumor, associated with glioblastoma multiforme and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.


METHODS
A 69-year-old woman presented with a red nodule on the temporal bulbar conjunctiva. The mass was excised.


RESULTS
Histopathologic examination of the tumor showed a sebaceous adenoma. Within 3 months, she was discovered to have a temporoparietal glioblastoma multiforme and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The patient died 5 months after the ocular diagnosis because of cardiovascular complications.


CONCLUSIONS
Sebaceous adenoma is an exceedingly rare tumor of the bulbar conjunctiva and may be associated with several systemic malignancies.
Kiratli
Hayyam
H
Department of Ophthalmology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. hkiratli@hacettepe.edu.tr
Poyraz
Ceren
C
Gököz
Aytaç
A
D018266:Adenocarcinoma, Sebaceous / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*