Combining Surgery, Radiotherapy, and Topical Chemotherapy to Prevent Primary Orbital Exenteration for Atypical Caruncular Melanoma: A Case Report.

Introduction: This case report demonstrates the possibility of successful eye and vision-sparing therapy for caruncular melanoma.

Case Presentation: We present an atypical presentation of a caruncular melanoma. After excisional biopsy, residual flat conjunctival melanosis resolved using topical chemotherapy (5-fluorouracil), which was well tolerated.

Ligneous conjunctivitis mimicking preseptal cellulitis in a 3-month-old infant.

Background: Ligneous conjunctivitis is a very rare form of pseudomembranous conjunctivitis with few published cases in literature. We aim to describe the ocular findings and treatment in an infant with ligneous conjunctivitis resembling preseptal cellulitis on presentation.

Materials And Methods: Case report of a 3-month-old girl who was referred to a tertiary centre for ophthalmic assessment due to progressive eyelid oedema with no response to initiated topical and systemic antibiotics.