Epithelial Cyst of the Lower Conjunctival Fornix.

Kim, Hong Bok; Youn, Joon Dal; Rho, Sae Heun

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1979;20(3):391-395.
Published online March 1, 1979.

Epithelial Cyst of the Lower Conjunctival Fornix.

Hong Bok Kim, Joon Dal Youn, Sae Heun Rho

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Yun Sei University, Korea.

결막하원개부에 (結膜下圓蓋部) 발생한 상피성 (上皮性) 낭포 (囊胞)

김홍복 , 윤준달 , 노세현 ( Hong Bok Kim , Joon Dal Yoon , Sae Heun Rho )

Abstract

Epithelial cyst formed from downgrowth of the epithelium into the submucous tissue in chronic inflammatory condition is the commest type of the conjunctival cysts. The cyst frequently occur in the upper lid and fornix coniunctiva, but they also have been noted in the lower fornix or in the bulbar conjunctiva. A 11 years old Korean boy was found to have small, soft, slightly bluish mass in the lower fornix (OD) which showed an epithelial cyst of the conjunctiva histopathologically.