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Author Spotlight: Anterior HR-OCT as a Non-Invasive Tool for Characterizing Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia
Published on: August 9, 2024
Squamous Cell Neoplasm of the Ocular Surface in a Patient With Psoriasis Treated With Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha
Viviana Patricia Lezcano Carduz1, David Mingo Botín, Sonia Pilar Durán Poveda
1Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Purpose:
To report a case of conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with psoriasis treated with tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors.
Methods:
Case report and review of the literature.
Results:
A 44-year-old white woman presented to our hospital 1 year after developing a rapidly growing nodular lesion with papillomatous characteristics on the bulbar conjunctiva. The patient had a medical history of psoriasis since childhood and psoriatic arthritis since 2009. She had received several immunosuppressive medications such as leflunomide, adalimumab, methotrexate, and etanercept. The lesion appeared a few months after commencing treatment with etanercept and methotrexate. A histological examination revealed a squamous intraepithelial neoplasm of the conjunctiva that was negative for human papillomavirus infection.
Conclusions:
Several case reports have described squamous cell carcinoma in different parts of the body in patients taking tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors. Squamous cell neoplasm of the ocular surface should be considered during differential diagnosis of new conjunctival lesions in such patients.
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