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Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología
Print version ISSN 0365-6691
Abstract
ARTEAGA-SANCHEZ, A. et al. Sclerokeratitis and invasive conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol [online]. 2007, vol.82, n.4, pp.237-240. ISSN 0365-6691.
Purpose/methods: To describe one case of invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva in a 74-year-old woman, who two years previously had presented with a lesion which appeared to be an anterior nodular scleritis. Results/conclusions: An anterior nodular scleritis, which did not respond to therapy, preceded the development of a squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva adjacent to it. In our patient, the conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma could have masqueraded as a scleritis, delaying the correct diagnosis and allowing orbital spread of the tumor. A diagnosis of neoplasia must be considered when a scleritis shows an atypical appearance or does not respond to the usual therapy.
Keywords : Scleritis; squamous cell carcinoma; ocular invasion; conjunctiva-uveitis-sclerokeratitis.