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Fordyce nodules in a buccal membrane graft to the ocular surface
Eduardo F Marback1, Renato L Gonzaga, Moacyr P Rigueiro
1Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo, Paulista School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
Purpose:
To present a case of epibulbar Fordyce nodules, with a referral diagnosis of primary tumor.
Methods:
Case report.
Results:
A 38-year-old woman was referred for ocular oncology consultation because of a conjunctival lesion in the right eye. She had had a buccal mucous graft to treat recurrent pterygium 18 years earlier. The lesion consisted of multiple small, yellow granules over a pink, thickened mucosa from the 12 to 3 o'clock meridians. Excisional biopsy revealed multiple subepithelial sebaceous glands consistent with Fordyce nodules.
Conclusions:
Fordyce nodules are a possible late benign complication of buccal mucous grafts.