Decades of stability of conjunctival vascular malformations in two patients

Clin Case Rep. 2024 May 12;12(5):e8933. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.8933. eCollection 2024 May.

Abstract

Key clinical message: Conjunctival hemangioma and lymphangioma are rare and their long-term follow-up description has been scarce. In our two patients, conjunctival vascular and lymphatic malformations remained stable in decades and could be observed without treatment.

Abstract: A 65-year-old woman with diabetic retinopathy underwent glaucoma surgery to construct a filtering bleb adjacent to conjunctival hemangioma, and showed bleb function and stable hemangioma for a decade. A 1.5-year-old girl with right eye lid and cheek swelling by orbital to facial lymphangioma was followed for visual acuity development. Conjunctival lymphangioma was stable in 20 years.

Keywords: hemangioma; lymphangioma; lymphatic malformation; pathology; trabeculectomy; vascular malformation.

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