The clinical evolution of a kissing naevus after incomplete excision
- W Y Wu-Chen1,2,
- C R Bernardino1,3,
- P A D Rubin1
- 1Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Ophthalmic Plastic, Orbital and Cosmetic Surgery, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA, USA
- 2Lankanau Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, 100 Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, PA19096, USA
- 3Emory Eye Center, Emory University School of Medicine, 1365 B Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Correspondence to: C Robert Bernardino MD Emory Eye Center, Oculoplastics and Orbital Surgery, 1365B Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; crbernardinomac.com
- Accepted 25 November 2003
We present an interesting case of a kissing naevus which was not completely excised during the patient’s childhood, 29 years before presentation.
Case report
A 33 year old white man complained of progressive thickening of the eyelids which caused significant inferior visual field defect with downgaze (fig 1). A large, circumorbital pigmented naevus in the right eye had been present since birth. There was minimal growth through early childhood. This mass did not cause ptosis nor was it amblyogenic.
Figure 1
Clinical appearance of the patient at age 33 years. A verrucous thickening caused right upper lid ptosis and lower lid thickness, compromising …
