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Br J Ophthalmol 1997;81:1016 doi:10.1136/bjo.81.11.e1016
  • Letter to the Editor

Lacrimal gland epithelioid haemangioma

  1. A G A COOMBES,
  2. R M MANNERS
  1. Southampton Eye Unit, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
  2. Department of Pathology, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
  3. Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Accepted 10 June 1997
  1. D W ELLISON
  1. Southampton Eye Unit, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
  2. Department of Pathology, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
  3. Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Accepted 10 June 1997
  1. B T EVANS
  1. Southampton Eye Unit, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
  2. Department of Pathology, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
  3. Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
  1. Mr A G A Coombes, Croydon Eye Unit, Mayday University Hospital, Mayday Road, Croydon, Surrey CR7 7YE.
  • Accepted 10 June 1997

Editor,—Epithelioid haemangioma (EH) is the preferred name used to describe a rare primary, neoplastic disorder of vascular endothelium with a variable and secondary inflammatory response.1 It is part of a spectrum of epithelioid vascular tumours and has been reported under a number terms, in particular angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia. The term Kimura’s disease has been used interchangeably with these terms but this should now be considered a separate disorder.23 We report a case in which EH involved the lacrimal gland in isolation, without systemic eosinophilia or other features of Kimura’s disease.

CASE REPORT

A 77-year-old white woman with no previous medical history presented with a 1 year history of fullness in the right orbit and gradual right ptosis. She had developed epiphora 6 months before presentation and reported a non-specific visual disturbance in the …

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