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Traumatic neuroma of the eyelid associated with ptosis
B J Glasgow1, H V Vinters, R Y Foos
1Department of Pathology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA Medical Center 90024.
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 17-year-old boy presented with persistent swelling and ptosis of the eyelid after blunt injury. Histologic examination revealed a clinically unsuspected traumatic neuroma. Ptosis and the traumatic neuroma persisted despite two eyelid operations. Traumatic neuroma is rare after blunt trauma; it has not been previously reported in the eyelid. It is important to identify this lesion because complete excision may help to prevent recurrence.