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Letter to the Editor
Lymphocytoma cutis with conjunctival lesions
  1. JULIA J SCARISBRICK,
  2. GUY ORCHARD,
  3. ROBIN RUSSELL-JONES
  1. Skin Tumour Unit, St John’s Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas’s Hospital, London SE1 7EH
  1. Dr Scarisbrick.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.83.7.e878

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    Editor,—Lymphocytoma cutis is a benign lymphoid hyperplasia which typically occurs over the head and neck. We report a case of lymphocytoma cutis with conjunctival lesions; only one other case with lesions affecting the conjunctiva has previously been reported.

    CASE REPORT

    A 30 year old woman presented with a 10 year history of multiple erythematous papules over her nose, cheeks, and forehead. The papules were more numerous in the summer and the use of sun screens reduced the number of new lesions. Eight years earlier she had developed discrete pink conjunctival lesions. There was no previous history of trauma to the eyes. The lesions were asymptomatic and did not affect her vision. They were surgically excised for cosmetic reasons but reappeared within 2 months.

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