title: Eyelid reconstruction in a child with xeroderma pigmentosum.
abstract: METHODS
  Seven-year-old male patient, affected by xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) who was referred to ophthalmology due to the presence of numerous tumours in his left eye that affected the eyelids and conjunctiva. He had a tumour in his lower eyelid that affected the free edge, creating a secondary ectropion, and several lesions with a melanocytic appearance in conjunctiva. A resection of the eyelid tumour and the conjunctival lesions were performed by placing a skin graft and amniotic membrane, respectively, as covering.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  XP patients have high probability of developing eye tumours. A thorough ophthalmic examination is necessary to establish an early diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Oculoplastia, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sánchez Cañal
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Oculoplastia, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España. Electronic address: neleb_pola03@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Monts Cambero
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Oculoplastia, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carrión Campo
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Oculoplastia, Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Saldaña Garrido
mesh_terms: D000650:Amnion / Q000637:transplantation; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000209:etiology; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Amniotic membrane; Conjunctiva; Conjuntiva; Eyelid; Eyelid tumour; Graft; Injerto; Membrana amniótica; Párpado; Tumor palpebral