New surgical therapy for conjunctival lymphan-giectasia
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National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30973245, 30471855)

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    AIM: To report 7 cases of conjunctival lymphangiectasia, introduce a simple operation method and discuss the result of the pathological examination. METHODS: Clinical data including medical history, physical examination, previous surgery history were collected in 7 patients with conjunctival lymphangiectasia. Ocular data including visual acuity, Slit-lamp biomicroscopy were released, as were results of histopathology studies. Surgical method was also introduced by video. RESULTS: Seven eyes of 7 patients (4 male and 3 female) with biopsy-proven conjunctival lymphangiectasia underwent the resection. Despite different surgical intervention, the optima method has been founding to treatment conjunctival lymphangiectasia. It is to reduce recurrence that the most concerned problem. In these 7 cases reported, patients kept healthy for 18 months without any one recurrence, whose visual acuity were not affected. Pathological report showed cystic tissue consists of squamous epithelium with significant hyperplasia. CONCLUSION: This operation method is simple and easy to complete, as it is deserved to accept for surgeons and patients on the basis of its advantages.

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Jing Song, Ji-Feng Yu, Gai-Ping Du, et al. New surgical therapy for conjunctival lymphan-giectasia. Int J Ophthalmol, 2010,3(4):365-367

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