A Case Of Congenital Dermoid Of The Limbus.

Ko, J S; Byun, Y S; Park, S D; Kim, S B

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1969;10(3):1-4.

A Case Of Congenital Dermoid Of The Limbus.

J S Ko, Y S Byun, S D Park, S B Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Capital Army Hospital, Korea.

안륜부에서 (鞍輪部) 기인한 (起因) 선천성 (先天性) ( Dermoid ) 의 1예 (例)

변용수(Yong Soo Byun),김산배(San Bae Kim),고진석(Jin Seok Ko),박성도(Sung Do Park)

Abstract

The authors had experienced a case of congential limbal dermoid. The patient, a 32 year-old Korean male, visited at the clinic with the complaints of visual disturbance and mass feeling on his right eye. The mass was measured 1. 5 X 0.6 X 0.3 cm, impressed as a congenital limbal dermoid and resected surgically from the limbus in the direction of 6~8 o'clock. Post operation histo pathological study of the excised mass revealed a typical structure of the limbal dermoid which was composed of sweat glands, sebaceous glands and etc.