Blue nevi of the palpebral conjunctiva: report of 2 cases and review of literature.

Purpose: To describe two patients with blue nevi of the palpebral conjunctiva and to review the existing literature on common and cellular blue nevi of the conjunctiva.

Methods: Report of two cases and literature review.

Results: We present two cases of blue nevi in the palpebral conjunctiva: an atypical cellular blue nevus of the left upper eyelid and a common blue nevus around the lacrimal punctum of the left lower eyelid.

Chocolate Cysts Associated With Porous Polyethylene Orbital Implants.

Late-onset orbital hemorrhage is a rare complication of alloplastic implant use in orbital wall reconstruction following trauma. The authors report 3 patients with chocolate cysts presenting 3 to 9 years after orbital fracture repair with porous polyethylene implants. All patients were managed by implant removal and evacuation of cyst contents.

Pyoderma gangrenosum of the upper eyelid.

A 3-year-old woman presented with a large ulcerated lesion involving the left upper eyelid and left earlobe with erythematous, swollen, undermined and advancing borders. Culture of the ulcer showed no growth of organisms. Treatment with empiric intravenous and topical antibiotics showed no improvement.

Risk Factors Associated with the Activity and Severity of Graves' Ophthalmopathy among Patients at the University of the Philippines Manila-Philippine General Hospital.

Background: Asians with Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) may have earlier compressive features due to narrower orbital apex and increased orbital volume.

Objective: To determine the risk factors associated with activity and severity of GO among adults.

Methodology: This was a cross-sectional analytical study of 163 adults with Graves' disease (GD) from the outpatient clinics of the Philippine General Hospital.