Purpose: To report on the formation of a corneal keloid in a patient with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva after excision of a pterygium-like lesion.
Methods: Clinical and pathophysiological observations and hypothesis concerning pathophysiological mechanisms.
Results: An 11-year-old boy with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva presented with progressive development of a growing white scar in the central part of the left cornea after excision of a pterygium-like lesion.