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Vascular Tumors Disease of the Conjunctiva

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Acquired sessile hemangioma; Capillary hemangioma; Cavernous hemangioma; Glomangioma; Hemangiopericytoma; Kaposi sarcoma; Lymphangiectasia; Lymphangioma; Pyogenic granuloma; Racemose hemangioma; Varix

Definition

Benign or malignant proliferation of blood vessel endothelium that originates in either conjunctival epithelium or stroma.

Etiology

Most vascular tumors of the conjunctiva occur spontaneously (Shields et al. 2004). Kaposi sarcoma is associated with human herpesvirus 8 infection and almost exclusively seen in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (Hiatt et al. 2008). Pyogenic granulomas are associated with infectious, inflammatory, or traumatic inciting events.

Clinical Presentation

Conjunctival vascular tumors are a heterogenous group of tumors with morphology dependent on the underlying cause of the tumor. The tumors can be divided into benign or malignant tumors.

A lymphangioma is a benign tumor. It can be diffused or circumscribed and generally presents...

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Brent Betts

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  1. Dept of Ophthal & Optometry,AKH, Medical University of Wien Dept of Ophthal & Optometry,AKH, Wien, Austria

    Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main Department of Ophthalmology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Thomas Kohnen

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Betts, B. (2014). Vascular Tumors Disease of the Conjunctiva. In: Schmidt-Erfurth, U., Kohnen, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35951-4_573-1

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