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Impression Cytology of the Lid Wiper Area
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Adult colloid milium of the eyelid
J R Safneck1, G Quinonez, J J Wiens
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. safneck@cc.umanitoba.ca
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|March 1, 1997
Abstract
Purpose:
To report a patient with bilateral upper and lower eyelid margin nodules that proved to be adult colloid milium.
Methods:
After clinical study, biopsy specimens were obtained and analyzed histologically and ultrastructurally.
Results:
Adult colloid milium can be diagnosed by clinicopathologic correlation.
Conclusion:
Adult colloid milium should be included in the differential diagnosis of eyelid margin nodules.
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