EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
William Charles Caccamise Sr,MD, Retired Clinical Asst Prof of Ophthal. U.of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

Category: Cornea
Diagnosis: dermoid tumor of cornea

Image Comments:

This lesion is a tumor not a cyst.From Duane-Fuchs: "It consists of a stroma of connective tissue, covered with epidermis and contains hair follicles and various glands - an island of skin upon the surface of the eyeball. "

 

 

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