Phakomatous choristoma of the eyelid: a report of a case

  1. Katherine Szyfelbein1,
  2. Harry P. W. Kozakewicz1,2,
  3. Nasreen A. Syed3,
  4. Artur Zembowicz1,4,5,*

Article first published online: 6 JUL 2004

DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2004.00209.x

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Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volume 31, Issue 7, pages 506–508, August 2004

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Szyfelbein, K., Kozakewicz, H. P. W., Syed, N. A. and Zembowicz, A. (2004), Phakomatous choristoma of the eyelid: a report of a case. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, 31: 506–508. doi: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2004.00209.x

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  1. 1

    Harvard Medical School,

  2. 2

    Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA,

  3. 3

    Department of Ophtalmology and Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

  4. 4

    Dermatopathology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and

  5. 5

    Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA

* Artur Zembowicz, M.D., Ph.D. Dermatopathology Unit Massachusetts General Hospital 820 Warren Bldg. 55 Fruit Street Boston, MA 02114, USA Tel. (617) 726 5202 Fax (617) 724 2832 e-mail: azembowicz@partners.org

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 JUL 2004
  2. Article first published online: 6 JUL 2004
  3. Accepted January 21, 2004

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Phakomatous choristoma is a rare congenital hamartoma of lens tissue. It presents in newborns or young infants as a subcutaneous mass in the medial lower eyelid. We present a case of phakomatous choristoma recently identified among old consultation files at Children's Hospital in Boston. Our case illustrates unique histological features of this entity which has to be included in differential diagnosis of skin lesions of the inferonasal eyelid.

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