title: Primary conjunctival anaplastic large cell lymphoma in a child.
abstract: Conjunctival tumors in children are uncommon and behave differently from those in adults. The vast majority of tumors are benign. Of the malignant lesions in this age group, lymphoma and melanoma are most commonly reported. Most lymphoid tumors in children represent lymphoid hyperplasia, not lymphoma. Clinical differentiation of these two entities is not possible and biopsy is required to establish the diagnosis. We present an unusual case of primary anaplastic large cell lymphoma of the conjunctiva in a young boy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. caitrionakirwan@eircom.net
authors.forename: Caitriona
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kirwan
authors.forename: Bo-Yee
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Ngan
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Halliday
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Asim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ali
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D017728:Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male