Epidermoid carcinoma of conjunctiva in an elderly

Authors

  • Maikel González Pérez Hospital General Universitario “Carlos Manuel de Céspedes”, Bayamo, Granma
  • Soini González Gámez Centro Médico Psicopedagógico “América Labadí Arce”, Santiago de Cuba
  • Maité Suárez Arias Centro Médico Psicopedagógico “América Labadí Arce”, Santiago de Cuba

Keywords:

left eye, sty, epidermoid carcinoma, conjunctiva.

Abstract

The case report of a 62 years mixed race Ecuadorian patient, is presented with a history of repeated sties in the left eye, assisted in the Ophthalmology Service of Tena Hospital in the Social Security Ecuadorian Institute of Ecuador, due to discomfort in that same eye during 8 months and an injury in the lower lid with easy bleeding, accompanied by difficulty to the palpebral closing , reason why a surgical resection of the injury was carried out with biopsy which result confirmed the diagnosis of epidermoid carcinoma of the conjunctiva.

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Published

2016-11-07

How to Cite

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González Pérez M, González Gámez S, Suárez Arias M. Epidermoid carcinoma of conjunctiva in an elderly. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2016 Nov. 7 [cited 2025 Jun. 3];20(11). Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/778

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 11 (2016): MEDISAN

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Case Reports

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