Clinical case
- 73 year old female
- Lesion on the right eye for the past 6 months
Whats the disgnostic hypothesis in this case?
Would you do na incisional or excisional biopsy?
Conjunctival sabaceous adenoma can be associated with Lynch syndrome which is responsible for a non polypoidal form of colon-rectal câncer. When is also associated with carcinomas, epitheliomas and sebaceous tumors of the skin it can be a part of Muir-Torre Syndrome.
Intraocular lymphoma is a rare lymphocytic malignancy and it can present as primary intraocular lymphoma (mainly a sub-type of primary central nervous system lymphoma) or originate from outside the central nervous system by metastasizing to the eye (secondary intraocular lymphoma). The disease can arise in the retina, uvea, vitreous, Bruch's membrane and optic nerve. Diagnosis is challenging as it can masquerade as uveitis or other metastatic cancers.