Giant corneal keloid: case report and review of the literature.
OBJECTIVE
To report a patient with a tumor-like corneal keloid.


METHODS
Retrospective review of clinical features and histopathologic findings.


RESULTS
A 68-year-old woman with a remote history of an orbital tumor treated with radiation developed a corneal tumor. A biopsy of the tumor showed fibrocellular tissue, and her blind painful eye was enucleated. Pathologic findings in the enucleated eye showed that the corneal mass was consistent with a large keloid.


CONCLUSIONS
A corneal keloid may clinically appear as a large corneal tumor.
Jung
Jesse J
JJ
Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Wojno
Ted H
TH
Grossniklaus
Hans E
HE
D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003315:Cornea / Q000528:radiation effects; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000528:radiation effects; D007627:Keloid / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000528:radiation effects; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D012160:Retina / Q000528:radiation effects; D012189:Retrospective Studies