Eyelid angiokeratoma.

Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Published: November 2014

Angiokeratoma is a rare, usually acquired muco-cutaneous wart-like vascular lesion that is frequently reported in the scrotum. Bleeding may occur if angiokeratoma is excoriated or traumatized. We report an exceedingly rare solitary eyelid angiokeratoma in an otherwise normal middle aged male. Our case represents the second case in the English peer reviewed literature since 1966, when the first case of eyelid angiokeratoma was reported.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4123288PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.134702DOI Listing

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