title: Rare persistent kerato-acanthoma of left lower eyelid: a case report.
abstract: A 45-year-old man presented with a mass in left lower eyelid. On examination, the mass was diagnosed as kerato-acanthoma. The mass was excised and excision biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. Kerato-acanthoma almost always regress spontaneously within six months. So persistence of the lesion for more than one year is a rare presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata 700014.
authors.forename: Anindya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Sanjib
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Purkait
authors.forename: Kali Shankar
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Shubhra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: Prasenjit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maity
authors.forename: Nirmal Kumar
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Sasmal
authors.forename: Radhakrishna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: Sudeshna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Anil Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ghanta
authors.forename: Mukul Chandra
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Biswas
mesh_terms: D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007636:Keratoacanthoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors